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Document Description
Title
An
investigation
of the
effect
of
presentation
of
pictorial
accompaniments
with
mathematical
word
problems
upon
the
ability
of
grade
ten
students
to
arrive
at a
correct
solution
to the
problem
Author
Spurrell
,
Margaret
Nancy.
Description
Thesis
(M.Ed.)
--
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1978.
Education
Date
1975
Pagination
vii, 168 leaves : ill.
Subject
Mathematics--Study
and
teaching
(Secondary);
Mathematics--Study
and
teaching--Audio-visual
aids;
Degree
M.Ed.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Notes
Bibliography
:
leaves
87-90.
Abstract
Purpose.
The
purpose
of the
present
study
was to
compare
the
results
of
mathematics
word
problems
solved
by
tenth-grade
students
when
these
problems
were
presented
in
three
different
forms:
in
word
form
only
or as
Type-A
questions
, in
word
form
accompanied
by an
accurate
pictorial
representation
of the
problem
or as
Type-B
questions
, and in
word
form
accompanied
by an
inaccurate
pictorial
representation
of the
problem
or as
Type-C
questions.
--
Sample.
The
sample
consisted
of
90
"good"
,
98
"average"
and
92
"poor"
tenth-grade
students.
These
280
students
were
selected
from
ten
schools
chosen
at
random
from the
geographic
region
east
of
Grand
Falls
,
Newfoundland
(inclusive)
and
south
of
Carmanville
,
Newfoundland
(inclusive).
Each
of these
280
was
selected
on the
basis
of
agreement
by at
least
two
of his
mathematics
teachers
that the
student
satisfied
the
study
definition
of a
"good"
,
"average"
, or
"poor"
problem
solver.
--
Hypotheses
tested.
The
nine
hypotheses
tested
in this
study
can
be
grouped
into
three.
They
are:
--
1.
"Good"
,
"average"
and
"poor"
problem
solvers
score
significantly
higher
on
problems
given
as
Type-B
questions
than they
do
on these
same
problems
given
as
Type-A
questions.
--
2.
"Good"
,
"average"
and
"poor"
problem
solvers
score
significantly
higher
on
problems
given
as
Type-B
questions
than they
do
on these
same
problems
given
as
Type-C
questions.
--
3.
"Good"
,
"average"
and
"poor"
problem
solvers
score
significantly
higher
on
problems
given
as
Type-A
questions
than they
do
on these
same
problems
given
as
Type-C
questions.
--
Method
and
procedures.
Three
alternate
tests
,
Tests
I
,
II
and
III
were
developed
for the
study.
Each
test
contained
the
same
21
items.
Seven
of these
21
test
items
were
Type-A
questions
,
seven
were
Type-B
questions
and
seven
were
Type-C
questions.
The
seven
Type-A
questions
on
Test
I
appeared
as
Type-B
questions
on
Test
II
and as
Type-C
questions
on
Test
III.
All
tests
were
administered
by the
investigator.
Each
participating
student
was
given
one
2-hour
afternoon
session
within
which
to
complete
the
test
he
received.
--
The
hypotheses
of the
study
were
tested
by
using
three
one-way
analyses
of
variance
followed
in
each
case
by a
Scheffe
test
of
multiple
comparisons.
The
scores
from the
Type-A
,
Type-B
and
Type-C
questions
were
used
to
test
the
hypotheses.
The.05
level
of
confidence
was
set
for
all
hypothesis
testing.
--
The
reliability
of the
testing
instrument
was
found
by
using
the
scores
from the
study.
The
split-half
procedure
was
followed
and the
adjusted
Pearson-Product
Moment
Correlation
Coefficients
were
found
to
be.83
for
Test
I
,
.77
for
Test
II
and.83
for
Test
III.
--
Results
and
conclusions.
The
analysis
of the
data
resulted
in the
acceptance
of
hypotheses
I
and
II
and the
rejection
of
hypothesis
III.
--
These
results
seem
to
indicate
that
tenth-grade
students
do
find
the
accompaniment
of
accurate
pictorial
representations
with
mathematics
word
problems
helpful
in
solving
these
problems.
The
results
failed
to
support
the
opinion
that the
accompaniment
of
inaccurate
pictorial
representations
with
mathematics
word
problems
will
misdirect
the
student
and
result
in
significantly
lower
scores
than if
no
pictorial
accompaniment
were
present.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76006286
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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