Effects of Topic Familiarity on Analogical Transfer in Problem- Solving: A Think-Aloud Study of Two Singular Cases

We conducted a qualitative research of case studies based on think-aloud protocols. The aim was to carry out in-depth analyse secondary students¿ cognitive difficulties appearing in early stages of transfer processes in problem-solving. The task was to relate several source problems to a target prob...

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Autores: Gómez Ferragud, Carlos B., Solaz Portolés, Joan Josep, Sanjosé López, Vicente
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de València
Repositorio:RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de València
OAI Identifier:oai:roderic.uv.es:10550/48028
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10550/48028
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Matemàtica Ensenyament
Ciència Ensenyament
Solució de problemes
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Resumo:We conducted a qualitative research of case studies based on think-aloud protocols. The aim was to carry out in-depth analyse secondary students¿ cognitive difficulties appearing in early stages of transfer processes in problem-solving. The task was to relate several source problems to a target problem, in order to solve it effectively. Source and target problems had different Surface and/or Structural similarities. In this paper, the solvers¿ high or low Familiarity with the problem stories on transfer processes was also focused on. Two emergent instructional phenomena are described, both associated to specific students¿ cognitive obstacles to achieve success in solving the target problem: the `Screen effect¿ and the `Sisyphus effect¿. The obstacles were harder for low Familiarity problems.