Mathematics Metacognitive Skills of Papua’s Students in Solving Mathematics Problems

The potential of teaching modelling problems in the national curriculum for changing students’ attitude towards mathematics

The National curriculum of Islamic Republic of Iran has been focused on promoting students’ modeling skills. In consideration of this emphasis, this study has investigated the attitudes towards mathematics and the views towards mathematical modeling problems of 244 students in grade 10. This research was conducted with a pre-test, followed by an educational intervention and a post-test. During ...

Effect of Using Problem Solving Method in Teaching Mathematics on the Achievement of Mathematics Students

The major purpose of study was to investigate the effects of using problem solving method on students’ achievement in teaching mathematics at elementary level. Pre-test post-test design was used in the study. Results were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. From the findings it was observed that the use of problem solving method enhanced the achievement of the students in mathem...

The Effect of Computer-oriented Working Memory learning on Improving Problem Solving Skills of Students with Problem Solving Difficulties in Mathematics

The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of cognitive training using software programs on improving the performance of students' skills in solving the mathematical problems. The method of this research was semi-experimental with using pre-test post-tests and control group. For this purpose, first by random multi-stage cluster, 180 male students of fourth-grade were selected, the...

Integrating Writing into Mathematics Classroom to Increase Students’ Problem Solving Skills

Article History: Received 03.05.2013 Received in revised form 29.06.2013 Accepted 09.07.2013 Available online 05.08.2013 Middle school students lack efficient problem solving skills due to several factors. The writing process has been linked to the development of students' problem solving skills. The present study investigated the impact of the writing process on the mathematical problem solvin...

An experimental study on the effectiveness of metacognitive and heuristic problem solving techniques on computational performance of students in mathematics