Evolution of a Teaching Approach for Beginning Algebra

Autor/inn/en	Banerjee, Rakhi; Subramaniam, K.
Titel	Evolution of a Teaching Approach for Beginning Algebra
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 80 (2012) 3, S.351-367 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-011-9353-y
Schlagwörter	Grade 6; Arithmetic; Algebra; Teaching Methods; Longitudinal Studies; Secondary School Mathematics; Mathematical Logic; Symbols (Mathematics); Symbolic Learning; Grade 7; Grade 8; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Symboldidaktik; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Mathematische Bildung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht
Abstract	The article reports aspects of the evolution of a teaching approach over repeated trials for beginning symbolic algebra. The teaching approach emphasized the structural similarity between arithmetic and algebraic expressions and aimed at supporting students in making a transition from arithmetic to beginning algebra. The study was conducted with grade 6 students over 2 years. Thirty-one students were followed for a year, and data were analysed as they participated in the three trials conducted that year. Analysis of students' written and interview responses as the approach evolved revealed the potential of the approach in creating meaning for symbolic transformations in the context of both arithmetic and algebra as well as making connections between arithmetic and symbolic algebra. Students by the end of the trials learnt to use their understanding of both procedures and a sense of structure of expressions to evaluate/simplify expressions and reason about equality/equivalence of expressions both in the arithmetic and the algebraic contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10