Influence of Additive and Multiplicative Structure and Direction of Comparison on the Reversal Error

Autor/inn/en	González-Calero, José Antonio; Arnau, David; Laserna-Belenguer, Belén
Titel	Influence of Additive and Multiplicative Structure and Direction of Comparison on the Reversal Error
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 89 (2015) 1, S.133-147 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-015-9596-0
Schlagwörter	Error Patterns; Undergraduate Students; Spanish; Algebra; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Word Order; Comparative Analysis; Addition; Multiplication; Data Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fehlertyp; Spanisch; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Wortfolge; Multiplikation; Auswertung
Abstract	An empirical study has been carried out to evaluate the potential of word order matching and static comparison as explanatory models of reversal error. Data was collected from 214 undergraduate students who translated a set of additive and multiplicative comparisons expressed in Spanish into algebraic language. In these multiplicative comparisons we used a format that can be translated from Spanish word-for-word as "n times more than" (increasing comparison) and "n times less than" (decreasing comparison) instead of "n times as many", which is usual in other studies. Data analysis shows a significantly lower incidence of reversal error in the decreasing comparisons compared to the increasing ones. Additionally, no significant differences were found between additive and multiplicative comparisons. These results cannot be explained by the static comparison model. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01