How Children View the Equals Sign.

Behr, Merlyn; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ232931

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Publication Date: 1980-Sep

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How Children View the Equals Sign.

Behr, Merlyn; And Others

Mathematics Teaching, n92 p13-15 Sep 1980

Insight into children's ideas about selected equality sentences is provided through a series of interviews with six- and seven-year-old pupils. The evidence indicates that children consider equality as an operator rather than a relational symbol. (MP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts, Number Concepts, School Surveys, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics

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