Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children

Based on the theory of constructivism, this study identified 14 year old’ schematized meaning of the concept of percent and how the children use them in solving the related problems. Data incorporating both verbal and non-verbal behaviour was gathered from seven 14 year-olds based on five suc...

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Main Author:	Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010
Subjects:	LB1131 Physical development
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spelling	iium-166182012-02-15T08:25:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16618/ Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani LB1131 Physical development Based on the theory of constructivism, this study identified 14 year old’ schematized meaning of the concept of percent and how the children use them in solving the related problems. Data incorporating both verbal and non-verbal behaviour was gathered from seven 14 year-olds based on five successive clinical interview sessions involving several problematic activities. Findings revealed that children gave meaning to percent based on fraction, whole number and mixed numbers. Fractional and whole number schemes were used to give meaning to percents less than one hundred and percents greater than one hundred respectively. Mixed number scheme was used specifically to give meaning to percents greater than one hundred. Each scheme was used by the children in several given situations during the interview sessions. Further, the children’s mental images of percent were mainly based on either fractional or whole number ideas, and they dominantly use continuous regions rather than discrete regions in representing percent. It is therefore suggested that mathematics teachers learn the mathematical knowledge of their students to harmonize their teaching methods with the nature of the children’s knowledge EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16618/1/Schematized_Meaning_of_the_Concept.pdf Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani (2010) Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children. European Journal of Social Sciences, 18 (2). pp. 245-256. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss_18_2_09.pdf
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spellingShingle	LB1131 Physical development Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
description	Based on the theory of constructivism, this study identified 14 year old’ schematized meaning of the concept of percent and how the children use them in solving the related problems. Data incorporating both verbal and non-verbal behaviour was gathered from seven 14 year-olds based on five successive clinical interview sessions involving several problematic activities. Findings revealed that children gave meaning to percent based on fraction, whole number and mixed numbers. Fractional and whole number schemes were used to give meaning to percents less than one hundred and percents greater than one hundred respectively. Mixed number scheme was used specifically to give meaning to percents greater than one hundred. Each scheme was used by the children in several given situations during the interview sessions. Further, the children’s mental images of percent were mainly based on either fractional or whole number ideas, and they dominantly use continuous regions rather than discrete regions in representing percent. It is therefore suggested that mathematics teachers learn the mathematical knowledge of their students to harmonize their teaching methods with the nature of the children’s knowledge
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title	Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
title_short	Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
title_full	Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
title_fullStr	Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
title_full_unstemmed	Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children
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Schematized meaning of the concept of percent by the 14 year-olds children

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