Exploring young students' functional thinking
Journal article
Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas J.. (2013). Exploring young students' functional thinking. PNA. 7(2), pp. 329 - 336.
Authors | Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas J. |
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Abstract | The Early Years Generalizing Project (EYGP) involves Australian years 1 to 4 (age 5 to 9) students and investigates how they grasp and express generalizations. This paper focuses on data collected from 6 Year 1 students in an exploratory study within a clinical interview setting that required students to identify function rules. Preliminary findings suggest that the use of gestures (both by students and interviewers), self-talk (by students), and concrete acting out, assisted students to reach generalizations and to begin to express these generalities. It also appears that as students became aware of the structure, their use of gestures and self-talk tended to decrease. |
Keywords | Functional thinking; Generalization; Primary mathematics; Semiotics |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | PNA |
Journal citation | 7 (2), pp. 329 - 336 |
Publisher | International Group for the Psychology of Mathemati... |
Web address (URL) | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1057189 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 329 - 336 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | |
Place of publication | Turkey |
Editors | B. Ubuz |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qv09/exploring-young-students-functional-thinking
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