Learner words Problem and related Teacher I said 2 3, then I said is 6 and Learner was trying to convert a mixed number (2) to then I said 2 times 6 is equals to, is equals an improper fraction to 12 teacher. Then I said 12 over 6 Errors: teacher. Works incorrectly with the whole number and fractional parts Does not understand that the different forms of the number should be equal (represent the same value) Interview 6: Grade 6 Learner Problem and related error(s) I was supposed to start at zero, when I Learner was trying to label the vertical axis of a started at one… graph Errors: Started labelling incorrectly Interview 7: Grade 7 Learner words Problem and related error(s) because I thought just put like…it Learner was trying to work out fractional parts of a … doesn’t matter what size they were as whole long as they fit in there. Errors: And I thought that they each take up a Not sure about the wording of the question and so third. So I put one third for each of them. thinks she has to fit the different shapes in at the same time. Thinks that fractional parts do not have to be the same size Interview 8: Grade 7 Learner words Problem and related error(s) Counts the shapes she has put in Learner was trying to work out the how many at various sections of diag A) 1, 2, diamond shaped quadrilaterals would fit into a star “(Pointing 3, 4, 5, 6. Ok.” But does not count a 7th shape one that is also there in her drawing on Errors: the test answer sheet Does not fit the shapes into the bigger shape without overlapping them so not fitting them into the – bigger shape correctly.
Learner words Problem and related Teacher I said 2 3, then I said is 6 and then I said 2 times 6 is equals to, is equals to 12 teacher. Then I said 12 over 6 teacher. Learner was trying to convert a mixed number (2) to an improper fraction Errors: Works incorrectly with the whole number and fractional parts Does not understand that the different forms of the number should be equal (represent the same value) Interview 6: Grade 6 Learner Problem and related error(s) I was supposed to start at zero, when I started at one… Learner was trying to label the vertical axis of a graph Errors: Started labelling incorrectly Interview 7: Grade 7 Learner words Problem and related error(s) … because I thought just put like…it doesn’t matter what size they were as long as they fit in there. And I thought that they each take up a third. So I put one third for each of them. Learner was trying to work out fractional parts of a whole Errors: Not sure about the wording of the question and so thinks she has to fit the different shapes in at the same time. Thinks that fractional parts do not have to be the same size Interview 8: Grade 7 Learner words Problem and related error(s) Counts the shapes she has put in “(Pointing at various sections of diag A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Ok.” But does not count a 7th one that is also there in her drawing on the test answer sheet Learner was trying to work out the how many diamond shaped quadrilaterals would fit into a star shape Errors: Does not fit the shapes into the bigger shape without overlapping them – so not fitting them into the bigger shape correctly.