Solving Problems with The Percentage Bar
At the end of primary school all children more of less know what a percentage is, but yet they often struggle with percentage problems. This article describes a study in which students of 13 and 14 years old were given a written test with percentage problems and a week later were interviewed about t...
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Department of Doctoral Program on Mathematics Education, Sriwijaya University,
2014-02-23.
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| Summary: | At the end of primary school all children more of less know what a percentage is, but yet they often struggle with percentage problems. This article describes a study in which students of 13 and 14 years old were given a written test with percentage problems and a week later were interviewed about the way they solved some of these problems. In a teaching experiment the students were then taught the use of the percentage bar. Although the teaching experiment was very short - just one lesson - the results confirm that the percentage bar is a powerful model that deserves a central place in the teaching of percentages. |
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| Item Description: | https://ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme/article/view/558 |