Variation in Strategy Use across Grade Level by Pattern Generalization Types

Autor/inn/en	El Mouhayar, Rabih; Jurdak, Murad
Titel	Variation in Strategy Use across Grade Level by Pattern Generalization Types
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 46 (2015) 4, S.553-569 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2014.985272
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Generalization; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Learning Strategies; Age Differences; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Algebra; Mathematical Logic; Mathematics Instruction; Elementary School Mathematics; Secondary School Mathematics; Questionnaires; Problem Solving; Private Schools; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Fragebogen; Problemlösen; Private school; Privatschule; Libanon
Abstract	This paper explored variation of strategy use in pattern generalization across different generalization types and across grade level. A test was designed to assess students' strategy use in pattern generalization tasks. The test was given to a sample of 1232 students from grades 4 to 11 from five schools in Lebanon. The findings of this study showed that the frequency of student strategy use differed according to the generalization type and that the functional and recursive strategies were frequently used in each of the generalization tasks. The use of the recursive strategy decreased, whereas, the use of the functional strategy increased, as the demands of the task changed from constructing a step-by-step solution to finding a general formula. The findings also showed that the use of the recursive strategy increased across grades 4-8 and then it decreased across grades 8-11; whereas the use of the functional strategy increased across grades 4-11. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01