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RESEARCH PAPER
Solving Problem Types Contextualized to the Quadratic Function and Error Analysis: A Case Study
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Universidad de Los Lagos, Departamento de Ciencias Exactas, Osorno, CHILE
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Universidad Católica del Maule, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Talca, CHILE
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Universidad de Los Lagos, Dirección de Acceso, Equidad y Permanencia, Osorno, CHILE
Publication date: 2020-09-26
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2020;16(11):em1896
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The article aims to determine the academic performance and errors in the resolution of types of
problems of application of the quadratic function, of high school students from the Los Lagos
Region and Los Rios Region in Chile. The approach is qualitative and descriptive with case studies.
A math test with open response problems and an opinion questionnaire were developed and
applied. Through the results, the highest academic performance is evidenced in the routine
problems of purely mathematical context and fantasist context, but with difficulty in the resolution
of non-routine problems. In addition, errors originating in affective and emotional attitudes
associated with blockages at the time of initiating the resolution, forgetfulness at the time of
posing the quadratic function, prevail over cognitive errors originating in an obstacle and errors
originating in the absence of meaning.
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