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Didis, Makbule Gozde; Erbas, Ayhan Kursat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study attempts to investigate the performance of tenth-grade students in solving quadratic equations with one unknown, using symbolic equation and word-problem representations. The participants were 217 tenth-grade students, from three different public high schools. Data was collected through an open-ended questionnaire comprising eight…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Algebra, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Sengul, Sare – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the use of number sense strategies by pre-service teachers studying at the department of elementary education. Compared to the previous one; new mathematics curriculum places more emphasis on various strategies such as estimation strategies, computational estimation strategies, rounding and mental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Numbers
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Bal, Ayten Pinar – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study was designed according to the mixed research method in which quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in order to identify the challenges confronted by classroom teacher candidates in solving mathematical problems and the factors affecting how they choose these representations. The population of this study consisted of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Mathematical Applications
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Bal, Ayten Pinar – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine the mathematical problem-solving beliefs and problem-solving success levels of primary school teacher candidates through the variables of academic success and gender. The research was designed according to the mixed methods technique in which qualitative and quantitative methods are used together. The working…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving