National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2016 Research Conference

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

Tuesday, April 12, 2016: 3:30 PM

3020 (San Francisco Convention Center)

Michele Brown Carney , Boise State University, Boise, ID

Everett V. Smith , University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL

Gwyneth Hughes , Boise State University, Boise, ID

Jonathan L Brendefur , Boise State University, Boise, ID

Description:
Our research investigates the influence of task characteristics on (a) item accessibility (using Rasch modeling) and (b) student strategies with a focus on informing the construction of a trajectory of students' initial development of fluent and flexible use of the scalar and functional relationships in proportional reasoning situations.

Full Conference Paper

Influence of Proportional Number Relationships_NCTM 2016.pdf (1.1 MB)