Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Miguel; GREGORI, Pablo; RIVEROS, Ana  and  ACEITUNO, David. Analysis of the Strategies Used by Talent Students, 12 to 14 Years-old, to Solve Mathematics Problem. Educ. mat. [online]. 2017, vol.29, n.2, pp.159-186.  Epub Feb 14, 2022. ISSN 2448-8089.  https://doi.org/10.24844/em2902.06.

This article presents part of a study that focuses on the analysis of strategies and mathematical procedures displayed by gifted students in a problem-solving workshop, which was implemented in the fifth region of Chile. The implicative analysis was used as statistic resource. The methodology considered the work that a group of students produced individually as they solved problems according to the topic of study. Additionally, these students were allowed to explain their strategies and methods, as well as to approach the proposed problems in a socialized way. Findings reveal the strategies used by students, which include trial and error, pattern recognition, make-a-list to solve different problems that demanded the knowledge of a set of consecutive natural numbers under a given condition. They also show the mathematical procedures that were activated when using the strategies, and their relation to the mathematical contents stated in the study plans. This working strategy allows to identify different approaches to problem-solving, and to specify the operatory resources that students used, considering the need to develop the skill to solve problems, as stated by the Chilean national curriculum.

Keywords : Problem solving; strategies; talent.