Spring Edition 2002 © 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Trends in the Degree of Importance Assigned to the NCTM's Standards by Elementary Preservice Teachers Robert F. Cunningham and Richard P. Thayer

The Competition Between Numbers and Structure: Why Expressions With Identical Algebraic Structures Trigger Different Interpretations Liora Linchevski and Drora Livneh

Aspects of Word-Problem Context That Influence Children's Problem-Solving Performance Lynda R. Wiest

EPA2000: Assessing Off-Line Metacognition in Mathematical Problem-Solving Annemie Desoete, Herbert Roeyers, and Armand De Clercq