Abstract
Word problems are classified to S problems and P problems by Verschaffel [9], classification is being specified and expanded. Reviewed word problems in Lithuanian first grade textbooks and divided to types. Submitted recommendations to use more varied types word problems, that would let to expand concepts understanding, develop mathematical reasoning, motivate to study word problem.
Highlights
If student has to choose which way to take going from school he chooses it and is able to justify his decision
Why do we loose the main point in mathematics – which is reasoning? We took a closer look to Lithuanian textbooks to see what word problems we can find in them
To do that we reviewed and customized word problems classification for Lithuanian first grade textbooks
Summary
If student has to choose which way to take going from school he chooses it and is able to justify his decision. [7] and decided to make similar analysis for addition and subtraction word problems in Lithuanian textbooks We say that the information supplied for the word problem is optimal if it is necessary and sufficient to answer the question. We divided word problems to S problems and P problems We found this classification used in 1994 by Vershaffel et al [9]. We divided S1 problems into 20 types from [7] (Table 1) It is just one example of many classifications, which can show what word problems we have. How many liters of milk does the cow produce during one week?
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