Presentation
Middle School Students' Conceptions on Proportional Reasoning
Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Document Type
Abstract
Disciplines
Conference
38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Conference Title
38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Conference Date
November 3–6, 2016
Geolocation
(32.2217429, -110.92647899999997)
Abstract
Proportions are an important mathematics concept taught during middle school. In fact, proportional reasoning is “a milestone in student’s cognitive development” (Lobato & Ellis, 2010, p. 48) and plays a critical role in developing algebraic thinking and function sense (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2013; National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008). However, ratios and proportions are traditionally difficult concepts as Lamon (2007) stated: “the most difficult to teach, the most mathematically complex, the most cognitively challenging” (p. 629).
Copyright Owner
I and Martinez
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ji Yeong I and Ricardo Martinez. "Middle School Students' Conceptions on Proportional Reasoning" Tucson, AZ, United StatesProceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2016) p. 703 - 703 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jiyeong-i/7/
This abstract was published in Wood, M. B., Turner, E. E., Civil, M., & Eli, J. A. (Eds.). (2016). Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.