A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10

Gabriella Ambrus; Eszter Herendiné Kónya; Zoltán Kovács; Judit Szitányi; Csaba Csíkos

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Gabriella Ambrus ¹, Eszter Herendiné Kónya ², Zoltán Kovács ³, Judit Szitányi ⁴, Csaba Csíkos ⁴ ^*

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¹ Mathematics Teaching and Education Centre, Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, HUNGARY² Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen, HUNGARY³ Institute of Mathematics and Science, University of Nyíregyháza, HUNGARY⁴ Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, HUNGARY^* Corresponding Author

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Several investigations have revealed that students tend to exclude their real-world knowledge when solving simple, routine-like mathematical word problems. The current research is a cross-sectional developmental analysis with students from grade 2 to 10 (N=1346). Other than describing the development (or lack thereof) in students’ realistic answers, connections with math-related background variables and possible class-level effects have been investigated.

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word problems
realistic mathematics education
cross-sectional development

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Ambrus, G., Herendiné Kónya, E., Kovács, Z., Szitányi, J., & Csíkos, C. (2019). A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(3), 513-521. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753

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Ambrus G, Herendiné Kónya E, Kovács Z, Szitányi J, Csíkos C. A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(3):513-21. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753

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Ambrus G, Herendiné Kónya E, Kovács Z, Szitányi J, Csíkos C. A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(3), 513-521. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753

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Ambrus, Gabriella, Eszter Herendiné Kónya, Zoltán Kovács, Judit Szitányi, and Csaba Csíkos. "A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2019 14 no. 3 (2019): 513-521. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753

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Ambrus, G., Herendiné Kónya, E., Kovács, Z., Szitányi, J., and Csíkos, C. (2019). A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(3), pp. 513-521. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753

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Ambrus, Gabriella et al. "A Cross-sectional Analysis of Students’ Answers to a Realistic Word Problem from Grade 2 to 10". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 3, 2019, pp. 513-521. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/5753