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Analyzing Difficulties in Arithmetic Word Problem Solving: An Epistemological Case Study in Primary School
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- Author(s): Capone, Roberto (ORCID Capone, Roberto (ORCID 0000-0001-9454-8453); Filiberti, Federica; Lemmo, Alice
- Source:
Education Sciences. 2021 11.
- Publication Date:
2021
- Document Type:
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Tests/Questionnaires
- Additional Information
- Availability:
MDPI AG. Klybeckstrasse 64, 4057 Basel, Switzerland. e-mail: education@mdpi.com; e-mail: indexing@mdpi.com; Web site: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- Source:
20
- Education Level:
Elementary Education
Early Childhood Education
Grade 2
Primary Education
Grade 5
Intermediate Grades
Middle Schools
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- ISSN:
2227-7102
- Abstract:
This paper focuses on difficulties that primary school students have in facing mathematical word problems. In particular, we are interested in exploring how they develop in the transition from grade 2 to grade 5. The research basis of the hypothesis is that some difficulties detected in grade 5 are already predictable in grade 2. Starting from the data collected in grade 5 by the National Standardized Assessment, we carry out a quantitative analysis looking for word problems in which students experience difficulties. Subsequently, we conduct a backward analysis of the grade 2 test of the same cohort of students in order to identify a set of word problems linked with those selected in grade 5 test. The analysis shows the presence of many common difficulties in the two grades. We design and carry out specific educational activities concerning word problem-solving in grade 2. These activities produce positive changes in the experimental class compared to the control class. This could suggest that a previous intervention in grade 2 could allow overcoming future difficulties in word problem text comprehension in grade 5.
- Abstract:
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- Publication Date:
2021
- Accession Number:
EJ1317886
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