Mathematics Performance and Reading Skills: Problem Solving - Softcover

Sandra M. Villa; Hamide Dogan-Dunlap

 
9783639133943: Mathematics Performance and Reading Skills: Problem Solving
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3639133943 ISBN 13: 9783639133943
Verlag: VDM Verlag, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Mathematics Performance and Reading Skills is a study of the correlation between a student?s reading skills and that student?s ability to solve math problems, particularly word problems. Fifty-eight students from a private school in a southwest city in the United States comprised the study?s sample population. The data for the quantitative analysis was derived from students? scores on the Stanford Achievement Test. A qualitative analysis was employed by evaluating recordings of six students attempting to solve word problems. Reading skills are correlated to a student?s ability to solve math problems. However, this correlation is not as strong as one may believe. Specifically, a student's problem-solving sessions may reveal that a student?s ability to read and understand word problems is not significantly correlated to that student?s ability in the context of mathematics problems involving decoding and setting. Consequently, evaluation of another set of skills, other than reading skills, may be necessary before attempting to predict a student?s success in mathematics problem solving.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sandra M. Villa, MAT: Studied Mathematics at the University of Texas at El Paso. In addition to private math tutoring, she teaches math at a private high school and a local community college.

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Mathematics Performance and Reading Skills is a study of the correlation between a student's reading skills and that student's ability to solve math problems, particularly word problems. Fifty-eight students from a private school in a southwest city in the United States comprised the study's sample population. The data for the quantitative analysis was derived from students' scores on the Stanford Achievement Test. A qualitative analysis was employed by evaluating recordings of six students attempting to solve word problems. Reading skills are correlated to a student's ability to solve math problems. However, this correlation is not as strong as one may believe. Specifically, a student's problem-solving sessions may reveal that a student's ability to read and understand word problems is not significantly correlated to that student's ability in the context of mathematics problems involving decoding and setting. Consequently, evaluation of another set of skills, other than reading skills, may be necessary before attempting to predict a student's success in mathematics problem solving.

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Verlag
VDM Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3639133943
ISBN 13 
9783639133943
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Anzahl der Seiten
80
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