TIPOVI TEKSTUALNIH ZADATAKA U UDŽBENICIMA MATEMATIKE ZA 2. I 3. RAZRED OSNOVNE ŠKOLE
TYPES OF WORD PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKS FOR THE 2ND AND THE 3RD GRADE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

Author(s): Karmelita Pjanić-Lipovača, Medina Hasić
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, School education, Higher Education
Published by: UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU – PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET
Keywords: word problems; context; mathematics textbook;
Summary/Abstract: Word problems play an important role in forming the concepts of basic arithmetic operations.Such tasks are an integral part of mathematics textbooks, which are essential sources in the most classroom-based teaching and learning. The aim of this paper is to analyze textbook sets 78for the second and the third grade of primary school in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to determine the extent to which word problems are represented, especially word problems in a non-mathematical context. The representation of 16 types of elementary word problems on addition and subtraction and 18 types of elementary word problems on multiplication and division in 4 sets of textbooks in Bosnia and Herzegovina is examined. The findings indicate that all types of elementary word problems related to basic arithmetic operations are not adequately represented or distributed in textbooks for the second and the third grade of primary school in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ratio of word problems in the mathematical and non-mathematical context varies in the considered textbooks. Since the analysis of the content of textbooks is necessary, but not enough to understand the process of teaching and learning mathematics, this research can be seen as a starting point for further research that would focus on the work of teachers in the classroom, as well as the student population and their skills in solving word problems.

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