ERIC Number: ED572604
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Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 8
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An Investigation of Students' Errors in Logarithms
Ganesan, Raman; Dindyal, Jaguthsing
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (37th, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2014)
In this study we set out to investigate the errors made by students in logarithms. A test with 16 items was administered to 89 Secondary three students (Year 9). The errors made by the students were categorized using four categories from a framework by Movshovitz-Hadar, Zaslavsky, and Inbar (1987). It was found that students in the top third were less likely to make "distorted theorem or definition" type of errors whereas they were more likely to make errors in the other three categories.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Mathematics Tests, Number Concepts, Error Patterns, Classification, Qualitative Research, Misconceptions, Interviews, Data Analysis
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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