An investigation of undergraduates' transformational problem solving strategies: cognitive/metacognitive processes as predictors of holistic/analytic strategies |
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Authors: | Hind A M Hammouri |
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Institution: | Educational Psychology Department, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan |
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Abstract: | Recent years have seen increasing interest in the role of metacognition in mathematical problem solving. The study described in this paper explored problem solving strategies used by undergraduates. Furthermore, cognitive/metacognitive processes are predicted each of holistic and analytic strategies. Educational sciences students (n=178) were asked to talk/think aloud while solving two constructed response transformational problems. The protocols were transcribed and analysed, revealing that the cohort used nine strategies. The results showed that a holistic strategy was predicted by five cognitive/metacognitive processes, two of which were suppressors; whilst an analytic strategy was predicted by four cognitive/metacognitive processes, three of which were suppressors. |
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