The Academic Events Group, 9th World Conference on Educational Sciences

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Misconceptions and Learning difficulties in Absolute Value Problems
Ayten Özkan, Erdoğan Mehmet Özkan

Last modified: 2016-11-08

Abstract


The aim of this study to create informative resources for Secondary Education Instructors about common misconception and learning difficulties exhibited by secondary education students’ finding absolute value questions.  Participants were public school students in Istanbul, Turkey.  Various questions about absolute value have been asked to all participants. They have responded in a written form. The researchers jointly analyze the data based on the responses of students. At this purpose we have to analyze the problematic areas in the teaching and learning of mathematics just like misconceptions and learning difficultiesi n mathematics.

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