Preschool Children's Skills in Solving Mathematical Word Problems

Autor/in	Artut, Perihan Dinc
Titel	Preschool Children's Skills in Solving Mathematical Word Problems
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 10 (2015) 18, S.2539-2549 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Mathematics Skills; Problem Solving; Word Problems (Mathematics); Mathematics Tests; Addition; Subtraction; Mathematics Achievement; Age Differences; Language Usage; Gender Differences; Numbers; Foreign Countries; Preschool Education; Interviews; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Problemlösen; Textaufgabe; Subtraktion; Mathmatics sikills; Mathematical ability; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sprachgebrauch; Geschlechterkonflikt; Zahlenraum; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to investigate the mathematical word problem-solving skills of preschool children 5-6 ages. To achieve this objective, the data were collected in four preschools (n = 162). A mathematical word problem test was used as data collection tools. In this study, it was found that the children's skills at solving mathematical word problems based on addition and subtraction were at a medium level. In terms of sub-categories, the children were found to do better with result-unknown problems but to have difficulties with initial-unknown problems. The most difficult problem type for the children was the compare category. Next, it was found that the children's achievement was higher when they were addressed with "you-language", with you the second person singular form in Turkish. Gender was found to be an inefficient variable. However, it was observed that the children's achievement increased as they grew older. As a result, it is not only result-unknown problems they have but also different examples from other categories in preschool. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Academic Journals. e-mail: err@academic.journals.org; e-mail: service@academicjournals.org; Web site: http://academicjournals.org/journal/ERR
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01