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Students' Early Grade Understanding of the Equal Sign and Non-Standard Equations in Jordan and India
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Download full textEichhorn, Melinda S.; Perry, Lindsey E.; Brombacher, Aarnout – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
Many students around the world are exposed to a rote teaching style in mathematics that emphasizes memorization of procedures. Students are frequently presented with standard types of equations in their textbooks, in which the equal sign is immediately preceding the answer (a + b = c). This exposure can lead to many misconceptions, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equations (Mathematics), Symbols (Mathematics), Mathematics Tests
