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Traveling Representations in a Fifth Grade Classroom: An Exploration of Algebraic Reasoning

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: In this three-day teaching experiment along with follow up interviews, algebraic concepts related to pattern-finding tasks were examined with 25 fifth grade students. The specific focus centered on representations from a realistic mathematics education perspective, meaning a model “of” a situation toward a model “for” a situation. Within this context, certain situational models were found that seemed to travel and permeate throughout the entire class. Students were able to generalize and justify based on the models developed during whole class discussions. Several weeks after the teaching experiment, follow up interviews indicated that the representations generated were still prevalent in students’ descriptions of the activities. Findings, analysis of findings, and implications of the study will be discussed.

Source: NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

Authors: William A. McGalliard, Kerri Richardson

Language: English

Topic: Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2596823828

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