Tuesday, April 14, 2015: 2:45 PM-3:15 PM
Commonwealth Ballroom A (Westin - Boston Waterfront)
Lead Speaker:
Sarah Lord
Description of Presentation:
This interview study investigated 4th through 12th grade students’ use and understanding of the commutative property of multiplication. Students produced a range of justifications from appeals to authority, to examples, to more analytic justifications. Students’ conceptions of the property were classified as either syntactic or structural.
Session Type: Brief Research Report