Symbolism and the World of Objects.

Jencks, Stanley M.; Peck, Donald M.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Symbolism and the World of Objects

Jencks, Stanley M.; Peck, Donald M.

Arithmetic Teacher, 22, 5, 370-371, May 75

Some students can perform operations on fractions when using physical materials, but are unable to transfer this ability to operations with symbolic expressions. They seem to view the manipulative and paper-and-pencil problems as different and are not surprised to get different answers. (SD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Learning, Mathematical Applications, Rational Numbers, Relationship, Symbolic Learning, Symbols (Mathematics)

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