Percentage problems in bridging courses

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aut.relation.endpage663
aut.relation.issue5
aut.relation.startpage654
aut.relation.volume43
aut.researcherKachapova, Farida
dc.contributor.authorKachapova, F
dc.contributor.authorKachapov, I
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-07T07:25:43Z
dc.date.available2013-06-07T07:25:43Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractResearch on teaching high school mathematics shows that the topic of percentages often causes learning difficulties. This article describes a method of teaching percentages that the authors used in university bridging courses. In this method, the information from a word problem about percentages is presented in a two-way table. Such a table gives a logical structure to the problem and provides an algorithm for finding a simple equation for the unknown value of interest. The use of this procedure is illustrated by several examples of different levels of difficulty. The method can be applied to many types of percentage problems, so it is quite universal.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol.43(5), pp.654 - 663
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0020739X.2011.618554
dc.identifier.issn0020-739X
dc.identifier.issn1464-5211
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/5426
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org//10.1080/0020739X.2011.618554
dc.rightsCopyright © 2012 Taylor & Francis. Authors retain the right to place his/her pre-publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository as an electronic file for personal or professional use, but not for commercial sale or for any systematic external distribution by a third. This is an electronic version of an article published in (see Citation). [JOURNAL TITLE] is available online at: www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article (see Publisher’s Version).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPercentage
dc.subjectProportion
dc.subjectTable
dc.subjectBridging course
dc.subjectProblem-solving
dc.subjectPercentage increase
dc.subjectPercentage decrease
dc.subjectProfit
dc.subjectBank interest
dc.titlePercentage problems in bridging courses
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Design & Creative Technologies
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