The exploration of solving speed problems and the error patterns of the six grade students under Grade 1-9 Integrated Curriculum

• Main Authors: Yu-Fen Chiu, 邱于芬
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68345539776010640616

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 數理教育研究所 === 98 === The purpose of the study is to explore, after the implementation of Grade 1-9 Integrated Curriculum, how the sixth graders in 2009 performed in solving speed problems.The study also aims to compare their performance with that of the students in 1995 who received instruction under the 64th edition curriculum. Furthermore, the study compares and analyzes the students’ ways to solve speed problems. A total of 166 students from six classes participated in this study. Each of the classes was chosen from six schools located in Kaohsiung city, Kaohsiung county, the mountain area of Kaohsiung, Pingtung city, Pingtung county and the mountain area of Pingtung respectively. The study was implemented on three stages. Firstly, the students were examined with the tests edited by Fang Jei Jane (1995) so as to collect the data of the students’ pass rates and scores. Secondly, they were interviewed in order to understand their thinking process when solving the problems. Lastly, their test performance was compared with those in 1995. The study results indicated that there was a distinction between two groups’ performances on solving speed word problems. In addition, the students in 2009 group outperformed those in 1995 group on two-thirds of the test items. Among all the problem categories, they performed better than the 1995 group on most of the categories except those of “non-hidden conditions”, “sound situation”, “speed hidden situation”, and “time unknown and speed hidden situation”. Both groups made the same errors in the categories of “formula misuse”, “variable mistaking”, and “hidden condition handling error.” However, different from the 1995 group, the 2009 group were found to have made new errors on the categories of ”unit transfer timing error”, and “inverse ratio concept error.”