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Caro, Diana García; García, Carlos Valenzuela; Sanz, María T.; González, María S. García – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
This paper describes the conceptions about complex numbers that a group of university students has, these were built from the application of an activity sequence centered on these numbers. This sequence is based on the APOS theory, some aspects of semiotic representation theory, and the use of digital technology. Particularly, both the general…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Number Concepts
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Stephens, Ana; Strachota, Susanne; Knuth, Eric; Blanton, Maria; Isler, Isil; Gardiner, Angela – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
This research explores the interplay between students' understandings of proportional and functional relationships. Approximately 90 students participated in an early algebra intervention in Grades 3- 5. Before the intervention and after each year of the intervention, we evaluated their understandings of proportional and functional relationships.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Early Intervention, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Bofferding, Laura; Hoffman, Andrew – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Linear board games have shown great promise as tools to teach whole number concepts (Ramani & Siegler, 2008), but little is known about their utility for supporting negative integer concepts. This study sought to extend the use of linear board games to teach integer concepts. Forty-eight first graders (ages 6-7) counted along an integer board…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Elementary School Mathematics, Number Concepts