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Textbaserade uppgifter och deras representationsformer.- En läromedelsanalys på två tryckta läroböcker för årskurs nio i grundskolan.
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Research shows that pupils experience difficulties with the word problems in their mathematical textbooks. The forms of representations are made visible through the word problems and are vital elements considering the pupils’ understanding of the basic idea of important concepts. The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge about how word problems in mathematical textbooks and their forms of representations can be used by pupils’ as a linguistic tool. Moreover, this research has used a quantitative content analysis where two different textbooks, their word problems and the forms of representations have been analyzed and quantified. The result shows that almost every word problem uses the representation of symbols. Furthermore, the majority of the word problems use the representation of real situations while the representation of picture is less evident. The result also shows that mathematical textbooks can be seen as a linguistic tool for the pupils since mathematical concepts often are expressed through different forms of representation. As a suggestion, teachers’ can complement their mathematical textbooks with external assignments based on the representations of picture situations to develop the pupils’ understanding.

Abstract [sv]

Forskning visar på att elever har svårigheter med läroböckers textbaserade uppgifter. I textbaserade uppgifter synliggörs representationsformer som kan koppla samman med elevers förståelse för matematiska begrepp. Arbetet syftar till att bidra med kunskap kring hur tryckta läroböckers textbaserade uppgifter och deras representationsformer kan ses som ett språkligt stöd i elevernas lärande. Genom en kvantitativ innehållsanalys har två tryckta läroböckers textbaserade uppgifter och deras representationsformer analyserats och kvantifierats.Resultatet visar att nästintill alla de textbaserade uppgifterna använder sig av representationsformen symbol. Majoriteten av de textbaserade uppgifterna använder verkliga situationer. Medan färre textbaserade uppgifter använder sig av den bildliga representationsfomen. Läroböckerna kan ses som ett språkligt stöd för eleven där matematiska begrepp ofta uttrycks genom olika representationsformer. Förslagsvis kan lärare komplettera läroböckerna med egna bildliga representationsformer för att öka elevernas förståelse.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 28
Keywords [en]
textbooks, word problems, representations
Keywords [sv]
Läroböcker, textbaserade uppgifter, representationsformer
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Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-96562OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-96562DiVA, id: diva2:1629966
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Mathematics
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Available from: 2022-01-19 Created: 2022-01-19 Last updated: 2022-01-19Bibliographically approved

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