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Moutsios-Rentzos, Andreas (2009) Styles and strategies in exam-type questions. In: 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Aristotle Univ, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 19-24, 2009. Published in: PME Conference Proceedings, Vol.4 pp. 145-152.
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This paper focuses on the links between the 'thinking styles' (Sternberg, 1999) of students following a BSc in Mathematics and the strategies they employ when they deal with exam-type questions. The students' strategies were identified according to the 'A-B-Delta classification', a classification that builds on Weber's (2005) 'semantic', 'syntactic' and 'procedural'. The students' 'Initial Strategies' seem to be linked with the students' thinking styles, whereas the students' 'Back-Up Strategies' seem to be linked with the nature of the exam-type questions. The identified links between styles and strategies are discussed, drawing from Skemp's (1979) views about reality (inner and social) and survival (respectively, internal consistency and social survival).
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education |
| Series Name: | PME Conference Proceedings |
| Journal or Publication Title: | PME Conference Proceedings |
| Publisher: | The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education |
| ISBN: | 978-960-243-656-1 |
| ISSN: | 0771-100X |
| Editor: | Tzekaki, M and Kaldrimidou, M and Sakonidis, H |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Volume: | Vol.4 |
| Number of Pages: | 8 |
| Page Range: | pp. 145-152 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper |
| Title of Event: | 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education |
| Type of Event: | Conference |
| Location of Event: | Aristotle Univ, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Date(s) of Event: | July 19-24, 2009 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/6173 |
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