This paper focuses on the difficulties encountered by Italian students in performing geometry tasks. A quantitative analysis, aimed at understanding the extent of the phenomenon, is carried out using the results of district competitions from the year 2018 to 2020, comparing the scores obtained in geometry questions with those in other areas of Olympic mathematics. In addition, the answers given by the students to a questionnaire administered at the end of the 2020 district competition are analyzed in order to better understand possible motivations behind the phenomenon in question. The results obtained need further confirmation through future research on the topic but represent clear trends worthy of further investigation.

The difficulties in geometry: A quantitative analysis based on results of mathematics competitions in Italy / Facciaroni, Lorenzo; Gambini, Alessandro; Mazza, Lorenzo. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. - ISSN 2301-251X. - 11:2(2023), pp. 259-270. [10.30935/scimath/12590]

The difficulties in geometry: A quantitative analysis based on results of mathematics competitions in Italy

Facciaroni, Lorenzo;Gambini, Alessandro
;
Mazza, Lorenzo
2023

Abstract

This paper focuses on the difficulties encountered by Italian students in performing geometry tasks. A quantitative analysis, aimed at understanding the extent of the phenomenon, is carried out using the results of district competitions from the year 2018 to 2020, comparing the scores obtained in geometry questions with those in other areas of Olympic mathematics. In addition, the answers given by the students to a questionnaire administered at the end of the 2020 district competition are analyzed in order to better understand possible motivations behind the phenomenon in question. The results obtained need further confirmation through future research on the topic but represent clear trends worthy of further investigation.
2023
geometry difficulties; geometry performance; quantitative analysis; high school students; mathematical ability; mathematical competitions
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The difficulties in geometry: A quantitative analysis based on results of mathematics competitions in Italy / Facciaroni, Lorenzo; Gambini, Alessandro; Mazza, Lorenzo. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. - ISSN 2301-251X. - 11:2(2023), pp. 259-270. [10.30935/scimath/12590]
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