英文摘要 |
This study investigated the performance of the sixth graders in operating four representation models (unevenly divided area model, evenly divided area model, unevenly divided number line model, and evenly divided number line model) to solve fraction division problems. The participants were 80 sixth graders from an elementary school in Taichung City. This study explored the difference in students’problemsolving performance based on the use of different representation models as well as in their performance in solving different items. The findings are as follows: (a) the accuracy of problem-solving through number line models was significantly higher than that of problem-solving through area models. (b) The students’problem-solving performance of using the unevenly divided number line model was the optimal, followed by evenly divided number line model, evenly divided area model, and unevenly divided area model. (c) When the students used representation models to solve problems, they tended to present the calculated answer through the representation model directly or use representation models to separately present the dividend and the divisor. Only 17.6% of the students could use the representation models to mark the relationship between the dividend and the divisor. |