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Wilkie, Karina J. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
Algebra has been explicit in many school curriculum programs from the early years but there are competing views on what content and approaches are appropriate for different levels of schooling. This study investigated 12-13-year-old Australian students' algebraic thinking in a hybrid environment of functional and equation-based approaches to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
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Ruthven, Kenneth – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1989
Describes a simple exploratory teaching model including exploration and codification phases. Reports the findings of a small-scale action-research project to implement and evaluate it. Concludes that there was no underachievement for the exploratory approach, and a strong association between student performances for routinized mathematical…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction