ANALYSING PROCESSES OF SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS LESSONS INTERACTION: FRAMINGS AND REFERENCE CONTEXTS BETWEEN REAL WORLD AND

Abstract: On the one hand, solving word problems is an important learning goal of mathematics lessons. But, on the other hand, it is one of the most difficult demands for students. Whereas many investigations analyse the strategies to solve word problems in interviews and tests, empirical investigations that focus on the depending classroom interactions are rarely represented in mathematics education. The goal of the presented investigation is to analyse chances and difficulties of interaction processes in mathematics lessons of early grades, in which teacher and students are solving word problems. Solving word problems appears as an important learning–goal in the curricula that teachers try to realise in mathematics lessons. The goal of the presented research project is a better understanding of solving word problems within mathematics classroom interaction processes. This project has just started, and the presented thoughts are of preliminary character. In the first section, aspects of two theoretical approaches cited in the project shall be cleared briefly. Two questions will be formulated within these approaches t