An Investigation of Learner's Actions in Problem-Posing Activity of Arithmetic Word Problems

摘要

This study investigated the intermediate product on the way to pose problems as well as the posed problems as the product of problem-posing activity. Every single action of learners during pose the problems have been analyzed. Pearsons' correlation test between the number of actions and the validity of posed problems is conducted. Significant difference is found, which shows that many actions performed by learners tried to satisfy high validity product. Learners try to pose problems with high validity product and they had a tendency to enhance the validity of posed problems.