@article{article_277494, title={High School Students’ Achievement Of Solving Quadratic Equations}, journal={Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education}, volume={6}, pages={447–467}, year={2017}, DOI={10.14686/buefad.277494}, author={Güner, Pınar}, keywords={Algebra,quadratic equations,solution ways}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The purpose of the present study was to investigate tenth grade
students` achievement of solving quadratic equations, to examine their tendency
of using different solution ways which are completing the square, factorization
and quadratic formula and to determine the errors made by students. 50 tenth
grade students of a high school in northern part of Turkey constituted the
sample of the study. In data collection, 9 open-ended questions related to
quadratic equations was carried out all students in the sample. Data were
analyzed through content analysis and also descriptive statistics: percentage
and frequency were presented. Besides, the errors made by students were showed
by quoting from their answers. The findings showed that most of the students
have difficulty in solving quadratic equations and make various errors. The
students’ errors in solving quadratic equation were tend to be due to their
weaknesses in mastering topics such as algebra, fractions, negative numbers,
the rules of quadratic equations` solution methods, calculation and algebraic
simplification. In addition to this, the findings revealed that students were
usually in tendency to use factorization in order to solve quadratic equations. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Bartin University}