Children's Use of Variables and Variable Notation to Represent Their Algebraic Ideas

Autor/inn/en	Brizuela, Bárbara M.; Blanton, Maria; Sawrey, Katharine; Newman-Owens, Ashley; Murphy Gardiner, Angela
Titel	Children's Use of Variables and Variable Notation to Represent Their Algebraic Ideas
Quelle	In: Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 17 (2015) 1, S.34-63 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-6065
DOI	10.1080/10986065.2015.981939
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Algebra; Mathematics Skills; Mathematical Concepts; Student Attitudes; Numeracy; Educational Experiments; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Concept Formation; Word Problems (Mathematics); Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schülerverhalten; Rechenkompetenz; Schulversuch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Textaufgabe; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	In this article, we analyze a first grade classroom episode and individual interviews with students who participated in that classroom event to provide evidence of the variety of understandings about variable and variable notation held by first grade children approximately six years of age. Our findings illustrate that given the opportunity, children as young as six years of age can use variable notation in meaningful ways to express relationships between co-varying quantities. In this article, we argue that the early introduction of variable notation in children's mathematical experiences can offer them opportunities to develop familiarity and fluency with this convention as groundwork for ultimately powerful means of representing general mathematical relationships. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01