16 research outputs found
Representing addition and subtraction : learning the formal conventions
Get PDFThe study was designed to test the effects of a structured intervention in teaching children to represent addition and subtraction. In a post-test only control group design, 90 five-year-olds experienced the intervention entitled Bi-directional Translation whilst 90 control subjects experienced typical teaching. Post-intervention testing showed some significant differences between the two groups both in terms of being able to effect the addition and subtraction operations and in being able to determine which operation was appropriate. The results suggest that, contrary to historical practices, children's exploration of real world situations should precede practice in arithmetical symbol manipulation
How Communicative Learning Situations Influence Students’ Use of Diagrams: Focusing on Spontaneous Diagram Construction and Protocols during Explanation
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Real-World Contexts, Multiple Representations, Student-Invented Terminology, and Y-Intercept
No full textUnderstanding Spatial Diagram Structure: An Analysis of Hierarchies, Matrices, and Networks
No full textDigital Games as Multirepresentational Environments for Science Learning: Implications for Theory, Research, and Design
No full textExamining How Students With Diverse Abilities Use Diagrams to Solve Mathematics Word Problems
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U.S. and Chinese Teachers' Conceptions and Constructions of Representations: A Case of Teaching Ratio Concept
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