Mathematical problem solving : a focus on metacognition

• Main Author: Yeap, Ban Har.
• Other Authors: Berinderjeet, Kaur
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Teachers and teaching
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20359
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The main purpose of the study that forms the basis of this dissertation is to understand the role of metacognition in mathematical problem solving among a group of secondary one students in a Singapore secondary school. The three specific aims are: (1) to observe patterns of behaviours when students...