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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2014 Research Conference

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

8- “It’s Negative”: Preconceptions of Integer Products and Quotients

Monday, April 7, 2014: 5:45 PM-6:45 PM
Room 217/218 ( Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Julie A Nurnberger-Haag


Description of Presentation:

This session shares fifth-grade students’ preconceptions and intelligent overgeneralizations of negative number products and quotients. Implications for teaching, curriculum, assessment, and research due to the ways students transferred ideas from other mathematical knowledge to negative numbers will be discussed.

Session Type: Poster Session

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