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Examining the errors made by high school students while applying the Pythagorean Theorem

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the errors made by tenth-grade students while working on the Pythagorean Theorem and analyze the factors contributing to these errors. The selected sample was the tenth-grade students of Alhosn school in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in the academic year 2022/2023. There were 67 samples of the work done by the students, taken as the object of the research. The data collection used were interviews, questionnaires, and tests. To understand the errors that students can make in the Pythagorean Theorem, these errors have been classified into six categories. The study results revealed that most of the students’ errors were conceptual, data, response, strategy, calculation, and conclusion errors, respectively.

Source: Bolema Boletim de Educação Matemática

DOI: 10.1590/1980-4415v39a240229

Authors: Muntasir Ali Taamneh, Javier Díez-Palomar, Albert Mallart-Solaz

Institutions: Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Language: English

Topic: Mathematics Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Applied Mathematics

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación