Identifying Students’ Errors on Fractions
Abstract: Many studies have
revealed that fraction is a complicated mathematics topic for students.
Students struggle to solve problems including comparison and addition of
fractions correctly. However, some students often make some common mistakes in
solving the mathematics problems. There are three types of errors in solving
mathematics problems, which are factual error, procedural error, and
computational error. This study was aimed at investigating various mistakes by
students in problems related to fractions. A set of validated problems about
comparing and adding fractions was assigned to third grade students of SD N
Laboratorium Unesa Surabaya. The results indicated that some students were not
aware on how to compare and add fractions. Most of these students employed
incorrect strategies categorized as procedural and conceptual errors.
Author: Herani Tri Lestiana,
Sri Rejeki, Fariz Setyawan
Journal Code: jpmatematikagg160032
