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The Development and Validation of Two New Assessment Options for Multiplicative Thinking

Authors :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Siemon, Dianne
Callingham, Rosemary
Day, Lorraine
Source :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2021Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (43rd, Singapore, 2021).
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The capacity to recognise, represent, and reason about relationships between different quantities, that is, to think multiplicatively, has long been recognised as critical to success in school mathematics in the middle years and beyond. Building on recent research that found a strong link between multiplicative thinking and algebraic, geometrical, and statistical reasoning, this paper will describe the development and validation of two new assessment options for multiplicative thinking and discuss the significance of this for the teaching and learning of mathematics in the middle years of schooling.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
ED616236
Document Type :
Reports - Research<br />Speeches/Meeting Papers