ERIC Number: EJ1237784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-2011-6721
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Analysing Mathematical Word Problem Solving with Secondary Education CLIL Students: A Pilot Study
Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, v12 n1 p18-45 Jan-Jun 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent the use of L2 in math tests influences bilingual education learners' process of word problem solving in a mandatory secondary education school with Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The reading comprehension level of the students was analysed using a standards-based assessment and the questions used in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. The word problems were selected according to the students' level of reading-comprehension and mathematical competence. Leaners also had to answer a questionnaire, which was used to analyse if contextual factors were affecting mathematical performance in L2. To this end, the questionnaire included some questions related to the bilingual history of the students and their perception about solving word problems in English. Data were analysed through one-way or two-way ANOVA tests to find out which factors were relevant. Results show that solving word problems is not only affected by the use of L2, but that it also depends on the mathematical difficulty, irrespective of the students' level of language proficiency. The findings, hence, imply that interaction between linguistic difficulty and mathematical complexity is at the centre of the issues affecting word problem solving.
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language of Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Universidad de La Sabana. Campus del Puente del Común, Km. 7, Autopista Norte de Bogotá. Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Tel: +57-1-861-5555 Ext 41011; e-mail: laclil@unisabana.edu.co; Web site: http://laclil.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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