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Tracking Structural Development through Data Modelling in Highly Able Grade 1 Students

Authors :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Mulligan, Joanne
Hodge, Kerry
Mitchelmore, Mike
English, Lyn
Source :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2013Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (36th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2013).
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

A 3-year longitudinal study "Transforming Children's Mathematical and Scientific Development" integrates, through data modelling, a pedagogical approach focused on mathematical patterns and structural relationships with learning in science. As part of this study, a purposive sample of 21 highly able Grade 1 students was engaged in an innovative data modelling program. In the majority of students, representational development was observed. Their complex graphs depicting categorical and continuous data revealed a high level of structure and enabled identification of structural features critical to this development.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
ED572967
Document Type :
Speeches/Meeting Papers<br />Reports - Research