Problem posing in Primary School: an exploratory study on multiplicative arithmetical problems
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24197/edmain.2.2016.21-35Keywords:
Elementary School, Arithmetical word problems, Problem solving, Problem posing, Case study, Multiplicative problemsAbstract
The main objective of this work consists in carrying out an exploratory study on the 10-11 year-old elementary school pupils’ knowledge of multiplicative structure problems. The enquiry on the students’ knowledge is done through multi-step arithmetical problem posing tasks. The experimental design comprises two stages: the first one, a brief training in problem posing; the second one, the collection of data, in which students had to pose problems based on a given picture. The analysis of the problems posed reveals a marked tendency of the students to formulate problems pertaining to the isomorphism of measures category, even if the contexts evoke other semantic categories of multiplicative problems.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
The articles published at Edma 0-6: Childhood Mathematics Education will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Título de la revista.