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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 https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/6449 |
Appears in Collections: | ICLS 2020 |
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