Kees Hoogland|Birgit Pepin|Jaap de Koning|Arthur Bakker|K.P.E. Gravemeijer
Word problems versus image-rich problems: an analysis of effects of task characteristics on students’ performance on contextual mathematics problems
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht|Utrecht University|Eindhoven University of Technology|Erasmus University Rotterdam|Utrecht University|Eindhoven University of Technology
article reports post hoc study using randomised controlled trial 31842 students netherlands instrument consisting 21 paired problems trial showed variability differences students results solving contextual mathematical problems either descriptive depictive representation problem situation study relation variability two task characteristics investigated 1 complexity task representation 2 content domain task found indications differences performance descriptive depictive representations problem situation related content domain problems one tentative conclusions depicted problems domain measurement geometry inferential step representation problem situation mathematical problem solved smaller word problems