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Rozwiązywanie zadań tekstowych przez studentów – przyszłych nauczycieli edukacji wczesnoszkolnej
Solving textual tasks by students – future lower primary teachers

Author(s): Beata Bugajska-Jaszczołt, Monika Czajkowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Preschool education
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: lower primary education students; text tasks; students’ mathematical skills

Summary/Abstract: The results of the research aimed at diagnosing the ability to solve textual tasks by the students –candidates for lower primary teachers are presented in the article. The research was carried out betweenthe years 2017 and 2019. It comprised 392 students of pedagogy with teaching specialization.The main research method was a competency test, and the technique was document analysis. Theresearch shows that the students have well-mastered calculational algorithms and techniques butthey have difficulties in presenting their reasoning in the language of mathematics. A large groupof students strive to write down the solution in the form of a ready mathematical formula, withoutrepresenting the situation on a drawing/diagram or manipulating on concretes to help them solvethe problem.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 2 (55)
  • Page Range: 120-133
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish