The influence of context and order of numerical data on the difficulty of word problems for grade 6 pupils

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The influence of context and order of numerical data on the difficulty of word problems for grade 6 pupils

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Word problems have been identified as an area of concern and have been a focus of many studies. The article investigates the influence of two parameters on the difficulty of word problems and on the frequency of mistakes grade 6 pupils make when solving them. Four variants of a two-step word problem were made which have the same mathematical structure but differ in the order of numerical data and/or context. These variants were solved by four equally abled groups of pupils and their solutions were analysed. The order of numerical data had a statistically significant effect on the success rate of pupils and on the presence of mistakes of wrong mathematization. However, the effect of the context (familiar versus unfamiliar) was rather weak. The study brought some puzzling effects such as a smaller influence of the order of data in the problem with the unfamiliar context than with the familiar one. They will be investigated in further research.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The influence of context and order of numerical data on the difficulty of word problems for grade 6 pupils

Popis výsledku anglicky

Word problems have been identified as an area of concern and have been a focus of many studies. The article investigates the influence of two parameters on the difficulty of word problems and on the frequency of mistakes grade 6 pupils make when solving them. Four variants of a two-step word problem were made which have the same mathematical structure but differ in the order of numerical data and/or context. These variants were solved by four equally abled groups of pupils and their solutions were analysed. The order of numerical data had a statistically significant effect on the success rate of pupils and on the presence of mistakes of wrong mathematization. However, the effect of the context (familiar versus unfamiliar) was rather weak. The study brought some puzzling effects such as a smaller influence of the order of data in the problem with the unfamiliar context than with the familiar one. They will be investigated in further research.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-06134S" target="_blank" >GA16-06134S: Slovní úlohy jako klíč k aplikaci a porozumění matematickým pojmům</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

ISBN

978-80-7290-955-1

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

440-449

Název nakladatele

Karlova univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta

Místo vydání

Prague, Czech Republic

Místo konání akce

Prague, Czech Republic

Datum konání akce

20. 8. 2017

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000432421100046