The effects of stating problems in bilingual students’ first and second languages on solving mathematical word problems

• Main Authors: Bernardo, Allan Benedict I., Calleja, Marissa O.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Bilingualism; Word problems (Mathematics); Problem solving; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2199; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3198/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Researchers have suggested that among bilinguals, solving word problems in mathematics is influenced by linguistic factors (K. Durkin & B. Shire, 1991; L. Verschaffel, B. Greer, & E. De Corte, 2000). Others have suggested that students exhibit a strong tendency to exclude real-world constrai...