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Pradina Parameswari; Purwanto; Sudirman; Susiswo – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2024
Students' difficulties in differentiating the direct proportion and inverse proportion problems cause interference. Proactive interference is the error that occurs when old information (concept of direct proportion) interferes with new information (concept of inverse proportion). In solving the problem of inverse proportion, students often use the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
Brain-Anatomy Differences in the Commission of Reversal Errors during Algebraic Word Problem Solving
Ventura-Campos, Noelia; Ferrando Esteve, Lara; Miró-Padilla, Anna; Ávila, César – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2022
An important line of research related to the resolution of word problems is the study of the cognitive processes involved when subjects translate problems into the language of algebra. One of the most common errors in problem-solving is the reversal error (RE), which occurs when students reverse the relationship between two variables when…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Word Problems (Mathematics), Algebra, Problem Solving
Ian Thomas Carle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the implementation of a researcher-created numberless word problem instructional unit designed to introduce second-grade students to word problems in the semantic category of "compare with the word more, smaller unknown." The 10-day instructional unit incorporated three elements:…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Numbers, Grade 2, Elementary School Mathematics
Vanluydt, Elien; Verschaffel, Lieven; Van Dooren, Wim – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022
Several studies have shown that children do not only erroneously use additive reasoning in proportional word problems, but also erroneously use proportional reasoning in additive word problems. Traditionally, these errors were contributed to a lack of calculation and discrimination skills. Recent research evidence puts forward an additional…
Descriptors: Preferences, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Error Patterns
Frinz Adrian O. Valdez; Eduard C. Taganap – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2024
Mathematics proficiency in the Philippines is a persistent concern, seen by many as a sign of an educational crisis. Teachers are responsible for improving learning outcomes in any discipline, including math. Thus, the study intended to conduct an error analysis of verbal problems among pre-service mathematics teachers. The researcher employed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Error Patterns, Mathematics Teachers, Problem Solving
Soneira, Carlos – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
In this article, we examine how 10th graders make use of different intertwined representations when solving algebraic word problems. It is structured in a quantitative phase, with 61 students and a subsequent follow-up case study with nine pairs of students. We found that drawings and tables, used as auxiliary representations within variants of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Algebra, Error Patterns
Calabrese, Julia; Kopparla, M.; Capraro, M. M. – Educational Studies, 2022
In the present study, researchers used problem-posing instruction to examine elementary students' understanding of multiplication. Students in fourth and fifth grade classrooms (n = 24) from a rural school district participated in a semester-long study. The focus of this study was examining student solutions to two specific lessons with problems…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Multiplication, Problem Solving, Grade 4
Marijana Zeljic; Milana Dabic Boricic; Svetlana Ilic – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Previous research examining comparison relations in word problems primarily focused on students' achievements in word problems with one operation. In this paper, we extend previous research to examine the achievement of students of different ages on word problems that integrate compare and combine word problems, hereafter referred to as…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts, Vocabulary
Ekawati, Rooselyna; Imah, Elly Matul; Amin, Siti Maghfirotun; Kohar, Ahmad Wachidul; Nisa', Khoirun; Prahmana, Rully Charitas Indra – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2022
How dyslexia students solve number operations is still challenging to unravel. This study aimed at revealing the types of errors conveyed by a dyslexic student in performing fractional operations on mathematical tasks that combined non-verbal text (symbols and pictures) and verbal text. The data were collected using a task-based interview with a…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Katherine T. Rhodes; Julie A. Washington; Sibylla Leon Guerrero – Educational Assessment, 2024
Little is known about mismatches between the language of mathematics testing instruments and the rich linguistic repertoires that African American children develop at home and in the community. The current study aims to provide a proof of concept and novel explanatory item response design that uses error analysis to investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Language Usage, Mathematics Tests
Foran, Ali; Welder, Rachael M.; Williams, Ashley – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
National and state standards in the US have emphasized the importance of solving and posing word problems in students' mathematics learning for decades. Therefore, it is essential for prospective teachers (PTs) to have the mathematical knowledge necessary to teach these skills to their future students. Unfortunately, little research has…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Samuel Kenney; Forster D. Ntow – SAGE Open, 2024
This article uses the concurrent mixed methods design to explore the errors made by 171 Grade Seven learners in algebraic problem-solving within the Assin Central Municipality in Ghana. The participants were categorized into low-achieving and high-achieving groups based on their performance in a pretest, to help provide a detailed examination of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Low Achievement
Baysal, Esra; Sevinc, Serife – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
This study investigated the role of the bar model method, a significant aspect of the Singapore mathematics curriculum, in the remediation of seventh-grade students' errors on algebra word problems. To accomplish this purpose, we first assessed students' errors on a written test involving algebra problems and identified ten students based on the…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Error Patterns
Chin, Huan; Chew, Cheng Meng – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Solving word problems involving 'Time' is an important skill but poor mastery of the skill among elementary students has often been reported in the literature. In addition, the available diagnostic tools in the literature might be less efficient for identifying the various errors made by many students in solving word problems. Thus, an online…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Kenney, Rachael; An, Tuyin; Kim, Sung-Hee; Uhan, Nelson A.; Yi, Ji Soo; Shamsul, Aiman – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
In linear programming, many students find it difficult to translate a verbal description of a problem into a valid mathematical model. To better understand this, we examine the existing characteristics of college engineering students' errors across linear programming (LP) problems. We examined textbooks to identify the types of problems typically…
Descriptors: Programming, Error Patterns, Engineering Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)