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Analysis of the Relationship Between Context and Solution Plan in Modelling Tasks Involving Estimations

Marta Pla-castellsCarlos SeguraIrene Ferrando

subject

EstimationSequenceRelation (database)Operations researchComputer scienceIs-aFlexibility (personality)Context (language use)Solution planTask (project management)

description

In this chapter we analyse students’ written solution plan of a sequence of modelling tasks involving estimations. Our research objective is to statistically analyse whether there is a relation between the solution plan and the characteristics of the context of the real estimation task. From previous work, we have identified some task variables that are directly related to the context. In this study we have designed a sequence of modelling tasks and we have analysed the productions of N = 224 Spanish pre-service primary school teachers. The results show that there is a relationship between the variables of the task and the solution plan used by the students in each case. From the results of this study, we derive conclusions regarding the characterisation of this kind of modelling task and the potential use of this sequence to promote problem solving flexibility.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66996-6_10