ERIC Number: EJ1195709
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 7
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Investigation of Misconceptions and Errors about Division Operation in Fractions
Üzel, Devrim
Universal Journal of Educational Research, v6 n11 p2656-2662 2018
This study reports errors and misconceptions about division operation in fractions made by eighth-grade students. To investigate these errors and misconceptions, the study examined students' understanding of division operation in fractions using a questionnaire and expectation table. Students' misconceptions were determined for each question and compared with the expectation table. Common misconceptions of this research are; misunderstanding of word problems, incorrectly generalization of learned rules for fractions, considering numerator and denominator as integer numbers, not conceptually learning of division operation in fractions, associating division with addition, subtraction and multiplication operations. Students made same misconceptions with the expectation table.
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Fractions, Generalization, Word Problems (Mathematics), Arithmetic, Multiplication, Subtraction, Error Patterns, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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