1. Libros de Matemáticas para primer grado de secundaria en México: problemas y estrategias de solución.
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Castañeda, Apolo, González Rodríguez, José Carlos, and Mendo-Ostos, Leobardo
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MATHEMATICS textbooks , *SECONDARY school students , *STUDY & teaching of mathematical models , *SECONDARY education , *JUNIOR high schools , *PROBLEM solving , *ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Using the classification methods for mathematical problems in textbooks (Fan & Zhu, 2000) and strategies used to solve problems (Fan & Zhu, 2007), this paper reports the results of an analysis and classification of the type of mathematical problems and problem-solving strategies in a sample made up of the five most widely-used mathematics textbooks for the first year of junior high school in the 2013- 2014 school year in Mexico. It is concluded that the textbooks focus on providing a comprehensive range of problems that, for the most part, do not allow multiple problem-solving strategies, whereas others can be solved using an algorithm or direct procedure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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