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Download full textAlibali, Martha W.; Stephens, Ana C.; Brown, Alayna N.; Kao, Yvonne S.; Nathan, Mitchell J. – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
This study investigated middle school students' conceptual understanding of algebraic equations. 257 sixth- and seventh-grade students solved algebraic equations and generated story problems to correspond with given equations. Aspects of the equations' structures, including number of operations and position of the unknown, influenced students'…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Word Problems (Mathematics)
Alibali, Martha W.; Kao, Yvonne S.; Brown, Alayna N.; Nathan, Mitchell J.; Stephens, Ana C. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This study investigated middle school students' conceptual understanding of algebraic equations. Participants in the study--257 sixth- and seventh-grade students--were asked to solve one set of algebraic equations and to generate story problems corresponding with another set of equations. Structural aspects of the equations, including the number…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 6
