Include five kinds of mutually interacting systems which are (Goldin, 1987 AU147: The in-text citation "Goldin, 1987" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ): (a) a verbal/syntactic system (use of language), (b) imagistic systems (visual/spatial, auditory, kinesthetic encoding), (c) formal notational systems (use of mathematical notation), (d) planning, monitoring, and executive control (use of heuristic strategies), and (e) affective representation (changing moods and emotions during problem, solving).
Published in Chapter:
Investigating the Adult Learners' Experience when Solving Mathematical Word Problems
Ellen Brook (Cuyahoga Community College, USA)
Copyright: © 2017
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0522-8.ch014
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences adult learners have while solving mathematical word problems. The focus of the study was on how these adult students used prior mathematical knowledge and how their past experiences with mathematics influenced their solving of mathematics word problems. The study found that the attitudes, feelings and beliefs that adult students in the study hold toward mathematics and problem solving are an integral part of their mathematics learning experience. This study also reports on the particular pattern observed within the participants' attitude toward mathematics education during their schooling years beginning from elementary school till college. The adult students participated in the study lacked the necessary knowledge of such concepts as motion and concentration. Finally, the study found that even after learning the topic during the college class, the participants had difficulties with applying algebraic approaches to word problem solving.