Open AccessEighth grade mathematical achievements: qualitative and quantitative aspects
Author(s) -
Viktorija Sičiūnienė,
Janina Dargytė
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lietuvos matematikos rinkinys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2335-898X
pISSN - 0132-2818
DOI - 10.15388/lmr.b.2013.34
Subject(s) - mathematics education , curriculum , statistical analysis , computer science , qualitative analysis , qualitative property , test (biology) , proportionality (law) , qualitative research , field (mathematics) , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , sociology , statistics , social science , paleontology , machine learning , political science , pure mathematics , law , biology
This paper presents systematic and classified achievements of eighth grade students’ in the field of algebra and functions. The authors analyze different student skills of satisfactory, basic and advanced achievement levels in particulars themes: expressions, equations, inequalities, simulation and proportionality. Author’s suggestions on how to improve the curriculum are based on the qualitative analysis of the tasks and the statistical analysis of students’ work. Data collect from 8904 country’s students test books and analyze 134 tasks. The authors would like to thank the National Examination Centre for access to the student database.