Most and Least: Differences in Integer Comparisons Based on Temperature Comparison Language

Autor/inn/en	Bofferding, Laura; Farmer, Sherri
Titel	Most and Least: Differences in Integer Comparisons Based on Temperature Comparison Language
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17 (2019) 3, S.545-563 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bofferding, Laura)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-018-9880-4
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Elementary School Students; Grade 2; Grade 4; Rural Schools; Problem Solving; Numbers; Mathematics Skills; Language Usage; Climate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Problemlösen; Zahlenraum; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Sprachgebrauch; Klima
Abstract	The language involved in de-contextualized integer comparisons poses challenges, as students may interpret "most" based on absolute values rather than on order. Using the context of temperature, we explored how students' integer value comparisons differed based on question phrasing (which temperature is hottest, most hot, least hot, coldest, most cold, least cold) and on numbers presented (positive, negative, mixed). Participants included 88 second graders and 70 fourth graders from a rural school district in the Midwestern USA, and each student solved 36 integer comparisons. For comparisons with positive number choices, students had more difficulty with "coldest" than "hottest"; however, the results were reversed for comparisons with only negative number choices. When working with mixed comparisons, students often chose the least of the cold as opposed to the least cold, suggesting that they saw hot and cold as categorical opposites rather than opposites on a continuum, with zero as a boundary. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01