Changing representation in contextual mathematical problems from descriptive to depictive
The effect on students’ performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20348259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kees Hoogland (0000-0002-0650-6999, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, corresponding author), Jaap de Koning (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Arthur Bakker (0000-0002-9604-3448, Utrecht University), Birgit Pepin (0000-0001-7804-145X, Eindhoven University of Technology), Birgit E U Pepin, Koeno Gravemeijer (Eindhoven University of Technology) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Pages | 122-131 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies In Educational Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-491X • E-ISSN: 1879-2529 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.stueduc.2018.06.004 |
| OpenAlex | W2810232251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 39 |
Research on solving mathematical word problems suggests that students may perform better on problems with a close to real-life representation of the problem situation than on word problems. In this study we pursued real-life representation by a mainly depictive representation of the problem situation, mostly by photographs. The prediction that students perform better on problems with a depictive representation of the problem situation than on comparable word problems was tested in a randomised controlled trial with 31,842 students, aged 10–20 years, from primary and secondary education. The conclusion was that students scored significantly higher on problems with a depictive representation of the problem situation, but with a very small effect size of Cohen’s d = 0.09. The results of this research are likely to be relevant for evaluations of mathematics education where word problems are used to evaluate the mathematical capacity of students
Descriptive research · Descriptive statistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Mathematics · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques · Psychology · Science Education and Pedagogy · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |