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Direct linkCaglayan, Gunhan; Olive, John – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2010
This study examines eighth grade students' use of a representational metaphor (cups and tiles) for writing and solving equations in one unknown. Within this study, we focused on the obstacles and difficulties that students experienced when using this metaphor, with particular emphasis on the operations that can be meaningfully represented through…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Figurative Language, Grade 8, Equations (Mathematics)
