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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2016 Research Conference

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131- Promoting Situational Understanding or Word Problems through Reflection on Drawings

Tuesday, April 12, 2016: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Third Level Prefunction (San Francisco Convention Center)

 

Lead Speaker:
José Antonio Juárez López


Description of Presentation:

This study addresses the phase of textual understanding of a word problem by analyzing the drawings made by high school students after reading a verbal math problem that has arisen in some textbooks. Through a psycholinguistic perspective, we analyzed and classified ninety drawings of third graders of high school. The results obtained allowed us to propose a working method for reflection, analysis, and discussion of student productions in order to promote their situational comprehension on these problems.

Session Type: Poster Session

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