BIO

I am from Port Richey FL, and I am attending FSU as a double criminology and psychology major. I am in my second year and plan to graduate by Spring 2025. During my time in undergrad, if I continue assisting in research, I would like to pursue more criminology related projects, as it is my main field of interest. After I graduate, I plan on doing FSU's 1 year graduate program for criminology. Once I finish all of my schooling, my plan is to move back down south and to attend a police academy and become a sheriff's deputy for a local sheriff's department.

Relationship between Procedural Fluency and Strategy Selection

Abstract

Math is a subject that many people around the world struggle with, yet it is also a subject that remains prevalent in our lives through adulthood. Previous studies had shown that procedural fluency is positively correlated with math achievement, but not with strategy selection. Within this study, many relationships were observed, one of which being the relationship between procedural fluency—the ability to apply procedures accurately and efficiently—and strategy selection—the task of choosing between different means that serve the same goal which allows us to solve problems more efficiently with fewer errors. The aim of this study is to observe the relationship between procedural fluency and the strategy participants selected in the domain of algebraic equations. 103 students in grades 8-12 who had learned linear equation solving at the time of the study participated in a series of tasks that assessed procedural fluency and strategy selection in a whole-class format. The results of this study concluded that there is a weak positive correlation between procedural fluency and strategy selection, indicating that there is a slight relationship between a student’s understanding on procedural fluency and their use of innovative strategies.

Keywords: Algebra, Strategy flexibility, procedural fluency, education