Students' Approaches to Solving Proportional Problems.

Color poster with text and images.Proportional reasoning is the foundation for algebra and Our further mathematics. It is a complex concept for middle and high school students to comprehend. Our research focused on determining how students attempt to understand proportional reasoning. We created a series of proportional word problems and administered it to students in grades five through nine. Our analysis of the students? work revealed a variety of strategies.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs