揭开小学中学学生使用分布性属性的挑战和预测因素
Sarah N Clerjuste1, Claire Guang2, Dana Miller-Cotto3
1University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|May 5, 2024
概括
中学学生在乘法中与分布式属性作斗争. 认知反射,而不是年级水平,预测了正确的使用,表明更强的反射思维有助于理解这个关键的数学概念.
科学领域:
- 数学教育教育 数学教育
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
背景情况:
- 分布性质对于理解乘法至关重要,但对学生来说具有挑战性.
- 中学学生通常更喜欢传统的方法,而不是分配性质.
研究的目的:
- 调查中学学生在乘法中使用分布式属性.
- 确定影响分布性质应用的因素.
主要方法:
- 研究1:与学生 (N=24) 进行 1:1 面试,分析他们使用工作实例解决问题的方法.
- 研究2:从数感评估和相关技能措施中分析项目级响应 (N=131).
主要成果:
- 学生和采访者经常默认使用PEMDAS或长乘法等方法,尽管他们被教导了分布性质.
- 从六年级到八年级没有观察到分配性财产使用的改善.
- 数学成就和认知反射独特地预测了正确的分布性质使用.
结论:
- 中学学生对分配性质的理解并没有随着年级水平的提高而显著改善.
- 认知反射似乎是成功应用分配性能的关键因素.
- 干预措施可能受益于专注于提高学生的反思思维能力.
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