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RESEARCH PAPER
Exploring Grade 8 Students’ Errors When Learning About the Surface Area of Prisms
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Walter Sisulu University, SOUTH AFRICA
Publication date: 2021-06-22
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(8):em1985
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The calculation of the total surface area of prisms forms part of the Mathematics curriculum in
South Africa. This paper explores Grade 8 students’ errors when learning about the surface area
of prisms. The study was guided by the interpretive paradigm and adopted a qualitative approach
in a form of a case study design. Data from diagnostic test’s responses were analysed using
Newman’s theory of error analysis. The sample comprised 18 purposively selected Grade 8
students. The study revealed that students committed these errors: failure to differentiate 2-
Dimensionals from 3-Dimensionals; calculated the Total Surface Area as the perimeter of
polygons; used volume of prisms formula for Total Surface Area; and misunderstanding of
mathematical terminology related to surface area of prisms. The study recommends the use of
students’ errors as tools to guide in designing the intervention activities to remedy
misconceptions that students hold when learning about the surface area of prisms.
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