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Melhuish, Kathleen; Ellis, Brittney; Hicks, Michael D. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
Binary operations are one of the fundamental structures underlying our number and algebraic systems. Yet, researchers have often left their role implicit as they model student understanding of abstract structures. In this paper, we directly analyze students' perceptions of the general binary operation via a two-phase study consisting of task-based…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Computation