Conceptual Understanding in Solving Multiplication Word Problems.

Autor/in	Quintero, Ana Helvia
Titel	Conceptual Understanding in Solving Multiplication Word Problems.
Quelle	(1981), (36 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Educational Research; Elementary Education; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Students; Learning Theories; Mathematics Instruction; Multiplication; Number Concepts; Problem Solving; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Elementarunterricht; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Multiplikation; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Problemlösen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This paper studies the difficulties children have solving word problems that correspond to one of the situations modeled by multiplication; that of a ratio (e.g. "candies per box"), multiplied by an extensive quantity (e.g. "boxes") (I x E). Sixty children were individually observed solving and repeating I x E problems. Various tasks designed for this study were used to probe children's representation of the problem: drawings, model construction, and model recognition. Systematic errors in children's performance on these tasks were analyzed. The results of children's performance show that the major source of difficulty in solving I x E problems lies in a component of this process not common to all multiplication problems, understanding the concept of a ratio. This conclusion underscores the importance of conceptual understanding in solving word problems. The relevance of the study's results for teaching and research of word problems is discussed. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC