The Sense of Division: An Experience with 6th Grade Students
AUTHORS
Alexandra Gomes | magomes@ie.uminho.pt | CIEC/IE University of Minho
Christian Pereira | pg25521@alunos.uminho.pt | CIEC/IE
SUMMARY
This article is the result of the design, development and evaluation of a supervised pedagogical intervention project and focuses on two interventions in a 6th grade class. In fact, the aim was to develop the sense of division in the students and, based on a qualitative research methodology, we sought to answer the research question: Where do the difficulties experienced by students in solving problems involving division in contexts of sharing and measurement lie? The results obtained indicated that students do indeed experience difficulties in solving problems involving division in contexts of sharing and measurement, especially when carrying out divisions using formal methods and when verifying data and results.
KEYWORDS
sense of division; division as sharing; division as measurement; 6th grade
RELEVANT DATES
Published: 2015/12/22