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Title: Teaching the Purpose and Meaning of Algebraic Variables Through Systems-of-Equations Story Problems: Multimedia Approaches
Authors: Bye, Jeffrey
Chuang, Pei-Jung
Anthony, Lauren
Cheng, Patricia
Keywords: Design
Issue Date: Jun-2020
Publisher: International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Citation: Bye, J., Chuang, P., Anthony, L., & Cheng, P. (2020). Teaching the Purpose and Meaning of Algebraic Variables Through Systems-of-Equations Story Problems: Multimedia Approaches. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3 (pp. 1799-1800). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Abstract: Traditional approaches to teaching variables often begin with problems students can already solve arithmetically. Varying instructional method across conditions, we developed multimedia story sequences with systems-of-equations problems whose solution requires using variables. Sixth graders from two US schools (n = 163) completed two one-hour learning sessions and a delayed posttest weeks later. Across all conditions, sixth graders’ performance on the posttest was comparable to samples of 12 eighth graders post-learning and 20 ninth graders pre-review.
URI: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2020.1799
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