The effect of using real world contexts in post-16 mathematics questions
The effect of using real world contexts in post-16 mathematics questions
This paper reports on a study into the effect of real-world contextual framing in sequence questions. Alternative versions of the same questions were presented in explicit, algebraic, word and pattern contexts, and set to a sample of 594 Year 13 students (aged 17-18) in a one-hour test. Facility levels of the questions were then compared. In addition, the paper presents results of a student questionnaire on real-world context which accompanied the test.
mathematics, education, assessment
137-144
Little, Chris
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Jones, Keith
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April 2010
Little, Chris
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Jones, Keith
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Little, Chris and Jones, Keith
(2010)
The effect of using real world contexts in post-16 mathematics questions.
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 30 (1), .
Abstract
This paper reports on a study into the effect of real-world contextual framing in sequence questions. Alternative versions of the same questions were presented in explicit, algebraic, word and pattern contexts, and set to a sample of 594 Year 13 students (aged 17-18) in a one-hour test. Facility levels of the questions were then compared. In addition, the paper presents results of a student questionnaire on real-world context which accompanied the test.
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Published date: April 2010
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7th British Congress of Mathematics Education, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2010-04-06 - 2010-04-09
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mathematics, education, assessment
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Local EPrints ID: 445831
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445831
ISSN: 1463-6840
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