Concept Cartoons as a Way to Elicit Understandings and Encourage Reasoning about Decimals in Year 7 [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (35th, Singapore, Jul 2-6, 2012).

Autor/inn/en	Davidson, Samone; Askew, Mike
Institution	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Titel	Concept Cartoons as a Way to Elicit Understandings and Encourage Reasoning about Decimals in Year 7 [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (35th, Singapore, Jul 2-6, 2012).
Quelle	(2012), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Mathematical Concepts; Concept Formation; Teaching Methods; Cartoons; Prior Learning; Females; Fractions; Concept Mapping; Middle School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zeichentrickfilm; Vorkenntnisse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bruchrechnung; Concept Map; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	This paper is located within the research into encouraging learners to reason mathematically and become engaged with concepts rather than just procedures. It reports on a research in progress examining two techniques to be used at the beginning of a sequence of lessons in order to elicit students' prior knowledge and understanding of topics about to be studied. The research will be conducted with two Year 7 classes of girls as they are introduced to units of work on decimals and fractions. Two techniques will be used to elicit the students' prior understandings: Concept Maps and Concept Cartoons. This paper reports on the ideas behind Concept Cartoons and the development of Concept Cartoons for eliciting understandings of decimals. The paper briefly outlines the research into difficulties with decimals before discussing the rationale and design of the cartoons. The paper is concluded with a discussion of how concept cartoons may or may not elicit different understandings to using concept maps. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
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Update	2020/1/01