General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad

General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad

This article describes the general strategies applied to problem solving in the State Math Olympiad selection test, in Puebla, Mexico. It analyzes the answers of 91 participants, ages 14 to 17, from junior high school and high school. Whether participants reached a problem solution or not, they...

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Autors principals: Valle Espinosa, María del Consuelo, Juárez Ramírez, María Araceli, Guzmán Ovando, María Esperanza
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Publicat: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2007
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author Valle Espinosa, María del Consuelo
Juárez Ramírez, María Araceli
Guzmán Ovando, María Esperanza
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Juárez Ramírez, María Araceli
Guzmán Ovando, María Esperanza
General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
author_facet Valle Espinosa, María del Consuelo
Juárez Ramírez, María Araceli
Guzmán Ovando, María Esperanza
author_sort Valle Espinosa, María del Consuelo
title General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
title_short General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
title_full General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
title_fullStr General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
title_full_unstemmed General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad
title_sort general problem solving strategies employed in the mexican mathematical olympiad
description This article describes the general strategies applied to problem solving in the State Math Olympiad selection test, in Puebla, Mexico. It analyzes the answers of 91 participants, ages 14 to 17, from junior high school and high school. Whether participants reached a problem solution or not, they rendered their results in one answer sheet and the arguments for those results in other. These answer sheets were used to form a database with 546 results. The sheets selected for the database were those in which participants identified the unknown factor, data and condition of the problem, in addition to have offered one or several solution strategies. Then, strategies were verbally described, their usage frequency calculated, and their effect on the different branches of mathematics depending on the problem analyzed. The strategy or strategies provided by participants were examined to identify stages of problem solving. The results showed that only 5% of the answer sheets had complete solutions. That emphasizes the need to systematize the State training courses for the National Olympiad. The importance of the training course is directly related to its purpose: to prepare young people for the National Olympiad and to enrich the Higher Education System of Puebla with students interested in doing science careers, with the ability to develop their hypothetical–deductive reasoning successfully.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
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spelling redie-article-1722017-04-19T01:06:27Z General Problem Solving Strategies Employed in the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad Estrategias generales en la resolución de problemas de la olimpiada mexicana de matemáticas Valle Espinosa, María del Consuelo Juárez Ramírez, María Araceli Guzmán Ovando, María Esperanza Mathematics problem solving cognitive processes testing. Matemáticas resolución de problemas procesos cognitivos examen. This article describes the general strategies applied to problem solving in the State Math Olympiad selection test, in Puebla, Mexico. It analyzes the answers of 91 participants, ages 14 to 17, from junior high school and high school. Whether participants reached a problem solution or not, they rendered their results in one answer sheet and the arguments for those results in other. These answer sheets were used to form a database with 546 results. The sheets selected for the database were those in which participants identified the unknown factor, data and condition of the problem, in addition to have offered one or several solution strategies. Then, strategies were verbally described, their usage frequency calculated, and their effect on the different branches of mathematics depending on the problem analyzed. The strategy or strategies provided by participants were examined to identify stages of problem solving. The results showed that only 5% of the answer sheets had complete solutions. That emphasizes the need to systematize the State training courses for the National Olympiad. The importance of the training course is directly related to its purpose: to prepare young people for the National Olympiad and to enrich the Higher Education System of Puebla with students interested in doing science careers, with the ability to develop their hypothetical–deductive reasoning successfully. En este artículo se reportan las estrategias generales identificadas en la resolución de los problemas planteados en los exámenes de selección de la Olimpiada Estatal de Matemáticas para el Estado de Puebla, México. Se analizaron las respuestas de 91 concursantes, procedentes del sistema educativo superior y medio superior del estado de Puebla, cuyas edades fluctuaban entre 14 y 17 años. Sin importar que llegasen a la solución del problema planteado, los concursantes expusieron por escrito sus resultados y fundamentaron sus respuestas en hojas separadas. Con ellas se conformó una base de datos de 546 escritos, entre los que se seleccionaron aquellos donde el concursante hubiera identificado la incógnita, los datos y la condición del problema, y además propusiera una o varias estrategias de solución. Posteriormente, se describió verbalmente la estrategia, se calculó la frecuencia de uso y se observó la incidencia de la estrategia en las ramas de la matemática a las que pertenecen los problemas planteados; se desarrollaron la o las estrategias propuestas por el concursante, identificando las etapas de avance, hasta llegar a la solución completa. Los resultados mostraron que sólo 5 % de los escritos presentaban los problemas con solución completa, lo que evidencia la necesidad de sistematizar los cursos de entrenamiento estatal para la Olimpiada Nacional, cuya importancia radica en su propósito: preparar a los jóvenes para la olimpiada y enriquecer el Sistema de Educación Superior del estado de Puebla con estudiantes interesados en cursar carreras científicas, posibilitados para desarrollar con éxito su razonamiento hipotético–deductivo. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2007-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/172 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2007) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 9 Núm. 2 (2007) 1607-4041 spa eng https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/172/916 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/172/298 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/172/917 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/172/300 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa

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