Algebraic thinking of grade 8 students in solving word problems with a spreadsheet

This paper describes and discusses the activity of grade 8 students on two word problems, using a spreadsheet. We look at particular uses of the spreadsheet, namely at the students’ representations, as ways of eliciting forms of algebraic thinking involved in solving the problems. We aim to see how...

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Main Author: Nobre, Sandra (author)
Other Authors: Amado, Nélia (author), Carreira, Susana (author), Ponte, João Pedro da (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4480
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/4480