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Peer reviewedHarper, Eon – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1980
There were 120 pupils in years 1 to 5 from two schools which were interviewed using specially prepared tasks to study the variety of interpretations given to letters by adolescents. Results indicate that two distinct conceptual understandings of the role played by a letter in relation to geometrical data exist in pupil's thinking. (Author/TG)
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
