ERIC Number: EJ1211263
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 10
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Misconceptions of Primary School Students about the Subject of Fractions
Deringöl, Yasemin
International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, v8 n1 p29-38 Mar 2019
This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the current knowledge of Primary Teachers and Primary Pre-service Teachers on the misconceptions of primary school students about the subject of fractions. The qualitative research method of case study was used to conduct the research. The data were collected with semi-structured forms that were developed by the researcher to collect the views of Primary Teachers and Primary Preservice Teachers on the topic. The participants stated that, regarding the subject of fractions, primary school students had difficulties the most in representing fractions by models, the concepts of denominator and numerator, when they need to rank fractions, when they need to solve problems, reading and writing concepts that express fractions, distinguishing types of fractions -- converting these, showing a given fraction on number lines and operations on fractions, and they had misconceptions about these.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Misconceptions, Fractions, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving, Mathematics Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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