Open AccessContextualized Problem Solving in Primary School Students
Author(s) -
Sofía López de Nava Tapia
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.53902/jpssr.2021.01.000513
Subject(s) - mathematics education , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , primary education , psychology , medical education , medicine , paleontology , psychiatry , biology
The objective of the present study was to explore and describe the influence of a proposal that returns to Problem Based Learning for the application arithmetic principles in the solution of problems in sixth grade students of primary education. Eighty-six of sixth grade students participated with an average age of 11.0 years. The intervention strategy was carried out in nine sessions lasting approximately one hour each. The results in general, do not show statistically significant differences in the performance of the execution in the resolution of problems between pre-test and post-test conditions, however, it was observed through the students' report that they had experienced knowledge acquisition based on the content of the intervention.