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Seyda Zengin; Emrullah Erdem – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2024
This study aims to reveal the mathematical reasoning process of 8th-grade students and the reasoning indicators they use in this process. The study was carried out in line with the data obtained from the Mathematical Reasoning Test (MRT) administered to 292 8th-grade students. The mathematical reasoning performances of the participants were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Mathematics, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills
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Hang Wei; Rogier Bos; Paul Drijvers – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024
In addressing the challenge of fostering functional thinking (FT) in secondary school students, our research centered on the question of how an embodied design can enhance FT's different aspects, including input-output, covariation, and correspondence views. Drawing from embodied cognition theory and focusing on an action- and perception-based…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Design, Input Output Analysis
Elizabeth Pursell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Cognitive development of eighth-grade students, as identified by Jean Piaget, occurs during a time when many of them are transitioning between concrete operations and formal operations where the ability to think in abstract concepts becomes possible. Because of this period of transition, many eighth-grade students find difficulty in demonstrating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis