Gender differences in mathematical problem solving among secondary four students

• Main Author: Loo, Choy Fung.
• Other Authors: Foong, Pui Yee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20370
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The study is an attempt to investigate the different levels of reasoning of secondary four male and female students in mathematical problem solving using the Collis-Romberg Problem Solving Profiles. This problem-solving profile was constructed based on the SOLO taxonomy. The instrument was designed to assess a student's level of problem-solving ability in school mathematics by asking a series of questions about a problem in such a way that each succeeding correct response would require a more sophisticated use of the information given than its predecessor. This increase in sophistication was planned to parallel the increasing complexity of structure noted in the SOLO categories. The item stems were written for problems in the 5 content areas : Number, Algebra, Space, Measurement and Chance and Data.