ERIC Number: ED602949
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-2501-1111
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An Examination of Meanings and Error Types Associated with Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Posed Problems for the Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Coskun, Sumeyra Dogan
Online Submission, European Journal of Education Studies v6 n4 p99-113 2019
The current study aims to examine meanings and error types associated with pre-service elementary teachers' semi-structured problems for the multiplication and division of fractions. A total of 83 junior pre-service elementary teachers were recruited in the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. A researcher-developed Problem Posing Test consisting of eight items was used to collect the data of this study. The findings indicated that the pre-service elementary teachers were not proficient in posing appropriate problems for the multiplication and division of fractions. Furthermore, while the most frequent error type found was a failure in expressing the multiplication operation in the question root for the multiplication of fractions, it was assigning natural number meaning to fractions for the division of fractions.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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