Tuesday, April 12, 2016: 2:45 PM-3:15 PM
3009 (San Francisco Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Barbara M Brizuela
Co-speakers:
Maria Blanton
,
Katharine B. Sawrey
,
Angela Gardiner
and
Yangsook Kim
Description of Presentation:
We will answer the following question: In what ways do Kindergarten and grade 1 students use variable notation as a way to represent indeterminate quantities in algebraic problems? Our results indicate that after a brief teaching experiment most interviewed students were able to use variable notation to represent indeterminate quantities.
Session Type: Brief Research Report