Flexibilidad en la resolución de problemas de identificación de patrones lineales en estudiantes de educación secundaria

The aim of this study is to characterize the flexibility of secondary school students (12-16 years old) in problems that involve the recognition of patterns. Flexibility is understood as the ability to modify the strategy used in solving a problem when the cognitive demand of the task is changed. The methodology used is qualitative analyzing students' answers taking into account two criteria: the correction of the answers and the strategies used and grouping those with similar characteristics. Results indicate three profiles of students in relation to flexibility in the use of strategies and s...