@article {16597,
	title = {Problem solving in a real-life context: an approach during the learning of inequalities},
	journal = {European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2024},
	abstract = {<p>This study was conducted while 9th grade students learn to solve inequalities and seeks to understand their approach to solving problems with a real-life context. Specifically, the aim is to understand: (1) What are the main characteristics of the students{\textquoteright} approaches to the proposed problems? (2) What is the impact of the real context on the students{\textquoteright} resolutions? A qualitative and interpretative methodology is adopted, based on case studies, with data collected through documentary collection and audio recording of discussions between a pair of students while solving problems. The main conclusions suggest a trend to approach problems without establishing immediate connections with what was being done in the classroom, with students{\textquoteright} decisions being essentially guided by criteria of simplicity. The real context of the problems seems to have the potential to develop in students a more integrated mathematics, focused on understanding and not so much on the repetition of mechanical and meaning-independent procedures. The students{\textquoteright} familiarization with the context in question is one of the aspects highlighted by this study.</p>
},
	url = {https://www.scimath.net/article/problem-solving-in-a-real-life-context-an-approach-during-the-learning-of-inequalities-13828},
	author = {Rocha, H. and Viseu, F. and Matos, S.}
}
