Analyzing Problems Posed by 7th Grade Students for Addition Operation with Fractions

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine the potential difficulties which might be
experienced by elementary school 7th grade students related to the problems posed by them on addition
operation with fractions. The study was conducted with 210 students studying at seven elementary
schools located in Erzurum city center. The Problem Posing Test consisted of five items related to
addition operation with fractions was used as the data collection tool. Seven difficulties were determined
in the problems posed by the students. The most significant difficulty was observed in posing problems
requiring addition of two simple fractions to produce a fraction with integer, while the least significant
one was experienced in posing problems requiring addition of two simple fractions to produce a simple
fraction