@article{article_1126186, title={The Effects of an Early Algebra Intervention on Third-Grade Students’ Algebraic Thinking Skills}, journal={Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={52}, pages={758–799}, year={2023}, DOI={10.14812/cuefd.1126186}, author={İşler Baykal, Işıl and Öztürk Tavşan, Nejla and Güzeller, Gizem and Saygılı, İlkay}, keywords={Erken Cebir, Yarı-deneysel Desen, Üçüncü Sınıf Öğrencileri}, abstract={The importance of early algebra has been emphasized in international literature, and it has been discussed in many studies that students who are involved in a comprehensive intervention improve their algebraic thinking skills. The aim of this study was to test the effects of an early algebra intervention on the algebraic thinking skills of 3rd-grade students. The 3rd-grade intervention and control groups were included in the study, and both groups were given pre-test and post-test. In the findings, although there was no statistical difference between the 3rd-grade intervention and control group performances in the pre-test, a statistically significant difference was found in the post-test. Analysis of the students’ strategies revealed that the students in the intervention group used algebraic thinking strategies more in the post-test than the control group in three big ideas, which are equality, expressions, equations and inequalities, generalized arithmetic, and functional thinking.}, number={3}, publisher={Çukurova Üniversitesi}, organization={Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi BAP Koordinatörlüğü}