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标题：Algebraic Problem Solving and Learning Strategies in Compulsory Secondary Education
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作者：Javier Gasco ; Javier Gasco ; José Domingo Villarroel 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：46
页码：612-616
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.172
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThis paper accounts for a study to analyze of the influence of algebra as a procedure for problem solving among compulsory secondary education students. The investigation aims to examine the procedures chosen by compulsory secondary education students to solve mathematical problems which can be solved both by algebraic and arithmetic methods. Furthermore, it also pursues to relate the methodological tendency identified with these learning strategies. The research has been conducted in different public schools located in The Basque Country (Spain) and collects data from 215 students using a questionnaire that comprised of three mathematical problems which could be solved by both arithmetic and algebraic procedures and, additionally, the Motivated Strategies Learning Questionnaire. The conclusions highlight the role that contextual situation plays to encour age students to use algebraic procedures and the relationship between the learning strategies and the tendency to utilize algebraic methods.
关键词：Mathematics education;psychological factors;Secundary education