Difficulties of construction and formulating geometric proofs by Lebanese middle school students learning math in English

الموضوعات

تربية وتعليم

الملخص

Developing geometric proofs is an important aspect of the Lebanese mathematics curriculum. Accordingly, exploration of the difficulties that the Lebanese middle school students who learn mathematics using their non-native language (English) is a crucial issue for research. The present study aims at exploring the difficulties, particularly language difficulties that the Lebanese middle school students (grades 6 to 9) who learn mathematics using their non-native language (English) face when constructing and formulating geometric proofs. The study took place at a private school located in Beirut during one academic year. Difficulties were investigated through interviews, tests, and clinical interviews. The interview was with the middle school math coordinator. Two Tests 1 and 2 were specifically prepared based on the Lebanese national curriculum objectives at each of the grade levels 6 to 9 and held at the end of the academic year separated by a duration of one week. Tests 1 and 2 consisted of problems that varied in terms of proof and language complexity levels. During each of the Tests 1 and 2 at each grade level, randomly selected students were clinically interviewed to provide the researcher with better insightful interpretation of the difficulties faced. Results of the study showed that students’ difficulties when constructing and formulating geometric proofs were related to difficulties in Understanding the Notion of Proof (UNP), Setting Proof Plans (SPP), Conducting Deductive Reasoning (CDR), Understanding-Applying Mathematical Concepts (UAMC), Comprehending Mathematical Texts (CMT), and Writing Mathematical Texts (WMT). Yet, these difficulties varied in their level from grade level to another and according to the proof and language complexity levels of the proof tasks.

روابط وملفات

التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

ff753b50-e38b-4dc0-b979-2f180dacb5c7

رقم العقد

0

نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

نوع الملف

pdf text

أسماء الملفات

2213264_1.pdf

بيانات النشر

ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

Difficulties of construction and formulating geometric proofs by Lebanese middle school students learning math in English

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

كلمات الباحثين

difficulties

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Iman Osta

الإعداد

Hanan Moukhtar Al Masri

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية