DEVELOPING STUDENTS' MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, THE CASE OF MATHEMATICS FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN WOLKITE UNIVERSITY

Kassahun Tesfaye Agizew*1, Solomon Shiferaw Hurisa2
2018 Zenodo  
The objective of this research study was developing students' mathematics problem solving skills. Quantitative and qualitative designs were used. Purposive sampling approach was used to select study population. Questionnaires were administered to the study population in order to collect the data for the study. The research findings showed that some of the problems were students' poor skills to identify and use appropriate mathematics problem solving strategies and mathematical keywords or
more » ... tors, to put connections among mathematical concepts and procedures as well as mathematical ideas with different real world situations, to transform givens in to solutions. It was found that the problems are multifaceted and accordingly the solutions require overall effort from all concerned stakeholders
doi:10.5281/zenodo.2165833 fatcat:h65ppir6cjc3fpzzzq6wgpgkom