Thought levels of students of compulsory education in reasoning processes through solving fraction comparison problems

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Ιστορία και Φιλοσοφία των Μαθηματικών στην Εκπαίδευση
Library of the School of Education
Deposit date:
2019-02-01
Year:
2019
Author:
Sakellariou Stavroula
Supervisors info:
Ευγενία Κολέζα, Καθηγήτρια, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών
Αγγελική Βουδούρη, Καθηγήτρια, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, ΕΚΠΑ
Χριστίνα Μισαηλίδου, Λέκτορας, Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
«Επίπεδα σκέψης των μαθητών της υποχρεωτικής εκπαίδευσης σε διαδικασίες συλλογισμού μέσω επίλυσης προβλημάτων σύγκρισης κλασμάτων»
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Thought levels of students of compulsory education in reasoning processes through solving fraction comparison problems
Summary:
Understanding the concept of fraction is one of the basic mathematical skills that contributes to the development of mathematical thinking. However, many students find it difficult to estimate the size of a fraction, and often have misconceptions. This thesis attempt to investigate students’ way of thinking in compulsory education by analyzing the rationale and the structure of their answers to fraction comparison problems, based on the Solo taxonomy as well as the evolution of student’s mathematical thinking in two levels of education (primary school - high school). It is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach whose conclusions highlight students' difficulties and misconceptions and eventually the lack of conceptual understanding of the size of fractions as well as the contribution of the SOLO taxonomy to formative assessment and design of appropriate and documented teaching interventions.
Main subject category:
Education
Keywords:
Fraction magnitude, comparing fractions, thought levels, Solo taxonomy, conceptual understanding
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
125
Number of pages:
194
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