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Saxe, Geoffrey B.; Shaughnessy, Meghan M.; Gearhart, Maryl; Haldar, Lina Chopra – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2013
Two investigations of fifth graders' strategies for locating whole numbers on number lines revealed patterns in students' coordination of numeric and linear units. In Study 1, we investigated the effects of context on students' placements of three numbers on an open number line. For one group ("n"?=?24), the line was presented in a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Number Concepts
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Hewitt, Dave – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
This article analyzes the use of the software Grid Algebra with a mixed ability class of 21 nine-to-ten-year-old students who worked with complex formal notation involving all four arithmetic operations. Unlike many other models to support learning, Grid Algebra has formal notation ever present and allows students to "look through" that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Equations (Mathematics)