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Three utilities for the equals sign

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posted on 2011-07-13, 13:41 authored by Ian JonesIan Jones, Dave Pratt
We compare the activity of young children using a microworld and a JavaScript relational calculator with the literature on children using traditional calculators. We describe how the children constructed different meanings for the equal sign in each setting. It appears that the nature of the meaning constructed is highly dependent on specificities of the task design and the tools available. In particular, the microworld offers the potential for children to adopt a meaning of equivalence for the equal sign.

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JONES, I. and PRATT, D., 2005. Three utilities for the equals sign. IN: Chick, H.L. and Vincent, J.L. (eds). Proceedings of 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3. PME 29: Learners and Learning Environments, Melbourne, Australia, 10th-15th July, pp. 185-192.

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International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (© The author)

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2005

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This is a conference paper.

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