A Study of Teaching Mathematics Word Problems in Primary Schools of Vietnam

Abstract

In mathematics curriculum of primary education of Vietnam, students solve word problems from Grade 1 to Grade 5 – the final Grade in primary schools. The questions are that “How do students of Grades 1 begin to learn this type of problems?”, and “What are teachers’ opinions on teaching mathematics word problems?. The results of our study presented educators’ the conceptions on the type of problems in primary education, also showed that how textbook “TOÁN 1” (Mathematics 1) introduced word problems to students, what difficulties students often encountered and how interesting students were in solving mathematics word problems.