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Xolocotzin, Ulises; Medrano-Moya, Ana M.; Rojano, Teresa – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
Functional thinking is an established route into algebra. However, the learning mechanisms that support the transition from arithmetic to functional thinking remain unclear. In the current study we explored children's pre-instructional intuitive reactions to functional thinking content, relying on a conceptual change perspective and using mixed…
Descriptors: Children, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Logic, Intuition
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Hitt, Fernando – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2020
We present the results of a research project on arithmetic-algebraic thinking that was carried out jointly by a team in Mexico and another in Quebec. The project deals with the concepts of variable and covariation between variables in the sixth grade at the elementary level and the first, second, and third years of secondary school--namely,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Algebra, Grade 6, Elementary School Mathematics