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AN INVESTIGATION OF HOW FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS PERCEIVE EQUAL SIGN
Abstract
As a concept equal sign has an important role in the formation and
development of mathematical thinking. This qualitative research investigates
fourth grade students’ ideas about equal sign and aims to study the thinking
processes and strategies used by these students as they work on the given equations.
Research has been done in a public school with the participation of five
students and content analysis method has been used to analyze the obtained
data. At the end of the study, students’ beliefs, that immediately after equal sign
a result will follow; all the numbers before the equal sign will be added, after
equal sign there cannot be a zero next to the result, before equal sign addition
and subtraction cannot be done at the same time, shows that students experience
difficulties using strategies while doing operations. It has been observed
that questions like “Why? How? How can the result be reach from a different way? Is
there an easier way?” asked during operations accelerate student’s exploration
process, force students to reevaluate the questions and encourage them to develop
different strategies towards the solution. It also has been observed that
organizing the questions hierarchically from easy to difficult; simple to complex
and formulating them with supportive properties and similar trades with each
other prevents students from making mistakes and aid students to utilize different
strategies and encourage them
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
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Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Mayıs 2012
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Mayıs 2012
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2012 Cilt: 42 Sayı: 194