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Moss, Diana L.; Boyce, Steven; Lamberg, Teruni – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
This study explored how students develop meaning of functions by building on their understanding of expressions and equations. A teaching experiment using design research was conducted in a sixth-grade classroom. The data was analyzed using a grounded theory approach to provide explanations about why events occurred within this teaching episode…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Mathematics, Algebra
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Tan Sisman, Gulcin; Aksu, Meral – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to portray students' misconceptions and errors while solving conceptually and procedurally oriented tasks involving length, area, and volume measurement. The data were collected from 445 sixth grade students attending public primary schools in Ankara, Türkiye via a test composed of 16 constructed-response…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Misconceptions, Mathematical Concepts, Error Patterns
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Malone, Amelia S.; Schumacher, Robin F.; Namkung, Jessica; Wang, Amber – Grantee Submission, 2016
The purpose of this article was to summarize results from 5 randomized control trials assessing the effects of intervention to improve the fraction performance of 4th-grade students at-risk for difficulty in learning about fractions. We begin by explaining the importance of competence with fractions and why an instructional focus on fractions…
Descriptors: Mathematical Aptitude, Intervention, Fractions, Randomized Controlled Trials