An Investigation into the Performance, Solution Strategies and Difficulties in Middle School Students' Calculation of the Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Autor/inn/en	Tekin-Sitrava, Reyhan; Isiksal-Bostan, Mine
Titel	An Investigation into the Performance, Solution Strategies and Difficulties in Middle School Students' Calculation of the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
Quelle	In: International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, (2014), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1473-0111
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Middle School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Mathematics Skills; Computation; Problem Solving; Geometry; Measurement; Content Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Fragebogen; Ausland; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Problemlösen; Geometrie; Messverfahren; Inhaltsanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	This qualitative study examined middle school students' performance, solution strategies, difficulties and the underlying reasons for their difficulties in calculating the volume of a rectangular prism. The data was collected from 35 middle school students (6th, 7th and 8th grade students) enrolled in a private school in Istanbul, Turkey. The data was obtained from a questionnaire involving 3 problems and one-to-one semi-structured interviews with all the participants after the application of the questionnaire. The results revealed that the students had a moderate level of performance in terms of calculating the volume of a rectangular prism. Moreover, the analysis showed that students were able to create a limited number of solution strategies for the given problems. In addition, some students were not able to correctly calculate the volume of a rectangular prism and they had difficulties in calculating the volume of a rectangular prism. A discussion of findings and recommendations for future research studies are given. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10