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Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems
Thesis (PhD (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/91395 Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems Ogbonnaya, Ugorji iihesekiel@gmail.com Iilonga, Hesekiel Kaukolwa Problem solving Problem solving skills Problem solving strategy Algebraic word problem Polya's model UCTD Understand the problem Devise a plan Carry out the plan Look back Recheck Using a formula Computing or Simplifying Making a Table, Chart, or List Making a diagram or model Guessing, Checking, and Revising Pattern Searching Consideration of a Simpler Case Elimination Thesis (PhD (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education))--University of Pretoria, 2023. This study investigated Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems. A convenient sample of 351 Grade 10 learners from ten secondary schools in the Ohangwena Region in Namibia participated in the study. Polya’s four steps problem-solving model and Krulik and Rudnick’s problem-solving strategies model were adopted as the framework that guided the study. The study followed a qualitative approach. Data were collected using the Algebraic Word Problem Solving Achievement Test (AWPSAT) and Problem-Solving Interview (PSI) developed by the researcher. The result showed that the learners’ mathematics problem-solving skills in algebraic word problems were extremely poor at the four levels of Polya’s problem-solving model. Only an average of 20 (6%) and 24 (7%) of the learners showed an ability to understand the problems and devise a plan, respectively, while an average of 17 learners (5%) could carry out the plans and 12 learners (3%) ‘look back’. The learners employed making a model or a diagram (MD); Computing or Simplifying (CS); Making a Table, Chart, or List (TCL); and; Guessing, Checking, and Revising (GCR) strategies to solve the problems. The study further revealed that most learners could not solve algebraic word problems using appropriate problem-solving strategies. Based on the findings, it is recommended that teachers should introduce learners to Polya’s four steps of problem-solving and incorporate non-routine problems into the classroom to aid learners in understanding word problems. Furthermore, it is recommended that teachers employ different problem-solving strategies by Krulik and Rudnick when teaching algebraic word problems. Up Barsury Science, Mathematics and Technology Education PhD (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education) Unrestricted 2023-07-13T09:08:15Z 2023-07-13T09:08:15Z 2023-09 2023 Thesis * S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91395 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.23634318.v1 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.23634318 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Problem solving Problem solving skills Problem solving strategy Algebraic word problem Polya's model UCTD Understand the problem Devise a plan Carry out the plan Look back Recheck Using a formula Computing or Simplifying Making a Table, Chart, or List Making a diagram or model Guessing, Checking, and Revising Pattern Searching Consideration of a Simpler Case Elimination Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title | Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title_full | Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title_fullStr | Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title_short | Grade 10 learners’ problem-solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| title_sort | grade 10 learners problem solving skills and strategies in algebraic word problems |
| topic | Problem solving Problem solving skills Problem solving strategy Algebraic word problem Polya's model UCTD Understand the problem Devise a plan Carry out the plan Look back Recheck Using a formula Computing or Simplifying Making a Table, Chart, or List Making a diagram or model Guessing, Checking, and Revising Pattern Searching Consideration of a Simpler Case Elimination |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91395 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.23634318 |