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Egodawatte, Gunawardena – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
Research studies have shown that students encounter difficulties in transitioning from arithmetic to algebra. Errors made by high school students were analyzed for patterns and their causes. The origins of errors were: intuitive assumptions, failure to understand the syntax of algebra, analogies with other familiar symbol systems such as the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Skills, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics