An Investigation of the Mastery of Rational Number Concepts and Skills by Middle-School Students.

Autor/in	Sadowski, Barbara R.
Titel	An Investigation of the Mastery of Rational Number Concepts and Skills by Middle-School Students.
Quelle	(1981), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Criterion Referenced Tests; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Fractions; Grade 7; Grade 8; Mathematics Education; Middle Schools; Models; Number Concepts; Rational Numbers; Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Bruchrechnung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Mathematische Bildung; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Analogiemodell; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	This study focuses on basic mathematical skills mastered by middle school students. A test designed for the investigation was administered to 400 seventh- and eighth-grade pupils in three middle schools in Houston, Texas. The test, which focuses on fractions, was administered by the regular mathematics teacher during the mathematics class period and all students were given sufficient time to finish all items on the test. Among the results, the data indicated that while the renaming of fractions to higher terms and the renaming of an improper fraction to a mixed numeral were skills mastered by many of the pupils, more students have difficulty renaming a mixed numeral to an improper fraction. (MP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC