Acta Mathematica Nitriensia Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015

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Lucia Plothová:	The Analysis of Students' Solutions of the Word Problem
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Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of students' solutions of the word problem with real – life context. The solution of task required creating two mathematical models of real-life situation. The first one was the linear equation and the second one an algebraic expression. Individual solutions created the students of 1st grade of four-year program of grammar school. We use a priori analysis to analyse the students' solution of our tasks. In doing so, we concentrate on the individual phase of the word problem solution. In this way, we wanted to verify not only the use of all parts of the word problem solution by the mentioned students, but also their ability to create mathematical models of the situation. The paper summarizes the results of a priori analysis exemplified by tables and charts.

Keywords: word problem, a priori analysis, linear equation, algebraic expression

Classification: D70

Pages: 113 – 118

DOI: 10.17846/AMN.2015.1.1.113-118

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