Problem solving skills of selected students in college algebra, SY 2000-2001: A case analysis
Date of Publication
2001
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Teaching Major in Mathematics
Subject Categories
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Science Education
Thesis Adviser
Auxencia A. Limjap
Defense Panel Chair
Maxima J. Acelajado
Defense Panel Member
Bee Ching U. Ong
Maricar S. Prudente
Abstract/Summary
The ability to solve problems is one of the most important skills a mathematics student should have. Contemporary mathematics education gears its goals towards the acquisition of necessary skills to solve problems. Numerous studies have been conducted to develop and/or enhance the problem solving skills of students. To ensure that this is accomplished, researchers look closely at various ways of building the problem-solving schema of learners. They investigate the learner's cognition and try to draw inferences on how learners solve mathematical problems.In this study, the researcher investigates the problem solving skills of nine college freshmen students. The students' level of understanding of word problem is determined in terms of grasping process and solution strategies. The grasping process is classified as: grasping with understanding, incomplete grasping, prothetic grasping or grasping without understanding. The solution strategy is classified as: trial and error (with some attention paid on the data and conditions in the problem, guessing technique), based on the identification of key words/word groups in the text or on the insight into the problem structure (searching-in-the memory, textation, with global understanding of the problem structure), algebraic.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG03264
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
100 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Mathematical ability--Testing; Problem solving; Question-answering systems; College students; Algebra
Recommended Citation
Laniog, M. (2001). Problem solving skills of selected students in college algebra, SY 2000-2001: A case analysis. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2670