The conception of substitution of the equals sign plays a unique role in students' Algebra performance

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dc.contributor.authorSimsek, Emine
dc.contributor.authorXenidou-Dervou, Iro
dc.contributor.authorKaradeniz, Ilyas
dc.contributor.authorJones, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:10:19Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractStudents’ conceptions of the equals sign are related to algebraic success. Research has identified two common conceptions held by children: operational and relational. The latter has been widely operationalised in terms of the sameness of the values on each side of the equals sign, but it has been recently argued that the substitution component of relational equivalence should also be operationalised (Jones, Inglis, Gilmore, & Dowens, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.05.003). In this study, we investigated whether students’ endorsement of the substitution definition of the equals sign is a unique predictor of their algebra performance independent of the other two definitions (operational and sameness). Secondary school students were asked to rate the ‘cleverness’ of operational, sameness, and substitution definitions of the equals sign and completed an algebra test. Our findings demonstrate that endorsement of substitution plays a unique role in explaining secondary school students’ algebra performance above and beyond school year and the other definitions. These findings contribute new insights into how students’ algebra learning relates to their conceptions of the equals sign. © 2019, PsychOpen. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.5964/jnc.v5i1.147
dc.identifier.endpage37
dc.identifier.issn2363-8761
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85073770398
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage24
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org10.5964/jnc.v5i1.147
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/4038
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPsychOpen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Numerical Cognition
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectAlgebra
dc.subjectEquals sign
dc.subjectEquivalence
dc.subjectMathematics education
dc.subjectSubstitution
dc.titleThe conception of substitution of the equals sign plays a unique role in students' Algebra performance
dc.typeArticle

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