2019 Volume 43 Issue 3 Pages 244-252
The purpose of this research was to study whether students’ solution of the science problem “A graph that is proportional first and then becomes constant after certain amounts are added.” would be promoted by having them solve similar mathematics problems before working on the science problems.
The results show that students achieved higher marks in science tests by taking prior mathematics tests.
Teachers administered the students some easy mathematics problems similar to the science ones, which helped them build inference schema, and lead them to an understanding of the meaning of a graph.
Therefore, science teachers should promote the use of simple analogical problems in order to encourage their students to solve science problems because such instructions help them comprehend the meaning of a graph.
