Secondary school pupils' understanding of equation solving

• Main Author: Ng, Soh Hua.
• Other Authors: Koay, Phong Lee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20378
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In assessing pupils, teachers are more concerned with whether pupils are successful at performing a certain mathematical task. Errors that pupils make in performing the task are often overlooked. However, pupils' errors can reveal much about pupils' difficulties in performing the mathemati...