Difficulties in Learning Inequalities
in Students of the First Year of
Pre-University Education in Spain

Lorenzo J. Blanco; Manuel Garrote

doi:10.12973/ejmste/75401

Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain

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Lorenzo J. Blanco ¹ ^* , Manuel Garrote ²

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¹ Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, SPAIN² Colegio “Ntra Sra del Carmen” Badajoz, SPAIN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

We present a summary of a study carried out with students of the first year of Bachillerato (the first of two pre-university non-obligatory secondary education courses in Spain) to determine and analyse some of their errors and difficulties in learning inequalities with the aim of improving the teaching-learning process of this topic. The study was based on work on the initiation to algebra, in particular on the observed difficulties and errors relative to algebraic skills.

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inequalities
students’ misteakes
secondary
algebra
mathematics

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2007, Volume 3, Issue 3, 221-229

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Blanco, L. J., & Garrote, M. (2007). Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 3(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401

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Blanco LJ, Garrote M. Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2007;3(3):221-9. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401

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Blanco LJ, Garrote M. Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2007;3(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401

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Blanco, Lorenzo J., and Manuel Garrote. "Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2007 3 no. 3 (2007): 221-229. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401

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Blanco, L. J., and Garrote, M. (2007). Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 3(3), pp. 221-229. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401

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Blanco, Lorenzo J. et al. "Difficulties in Learning Inequalities in Students of the First Year of Pre-University Education in Spain". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 221-229. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75401