IDENTIFYING STUDENTS' POSSIBLE SOLUTION STRATEGIES WHILE SOLVING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF MEAN

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  • Didem ENİSOGLU
  • Mine ISİKSAL-BOSTAN

Keywords:

Mean, solution strategies, bar graph representations

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate solution strategies used by seventh grade students regarding the concept of mean given in bar graph representations. Participants were 233 seventh grade students from two public middle schools in Gelibolu district of Çanakkale. Data were collected via a questionnaire. Students' possible solution strategies regarding the concept of mean were identified through item based in-depth analysis. The results of the study indicated that students used two different solution strategies to solve questions regarding the concept of mean. More specifically, the study indicated that the balance model and the average formula were identified as two solution strategies to solve the questions regarding the mean concept given in bar graph representations.
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2017-08-04

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ENİSOGLU, D., & ISİKSAL-BOSTAN, M. (2017). IDENTIFYING STUDENTS’ POSSIBLE SOLUTION STRATEGIES WHILE SOLVING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF MEAN. The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences, 6, 24–30. Retrieved from https://epess.net/index.php/epess/article/view/310

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Vol. 6 (2017)

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