Before instruction, a strong sixth grader infers integer order reasoning from out-of-school thermometer experiences, with zero as a significant concept¶
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q2 i? In the preliminary interview, Tom's reasons for judging sizes of a negative and a positive integer were based on the role of zero, drawing on thermometer experiences from the out-of-school context of temperatures. → Maike Schindler 2017
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Maike Schindler 2017¶
Maike Schindler, Stephan Hußmann, Per Nilsson, Arthur Bakker. (2017). Sixth-grade students' reasoning on the order relation of integers as influenced by prior experience: an inferentialist analysis. Math Ed Res J 29:471–492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-017-0202-x
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Qualitative analysis of a preliminary clinical interview with one male sixth-grade student (Tom) comparing pairs of integers. The analysis reports he drew on thermometer experiences, arguing numbers below zero are below the freezing point and smaller than 'normal' numbers.
"Tom's reasons in judging the sizes of a negative and a positive integer seem to a great extent to be based on the role of zero, which serves as a significant concept in his inference."
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Related Claims¶
- After a lesson series, two sixth graders could switch flexibly between perspectives when comparing negative integers; one distinguished number-line order from context-based absolute-value reasoning about debts — related
- Students' initial correct answers can mask reasoning based on a subtraction strategy not previously reported for integer order comparisons — related
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Before instruction, a strong sixth grader infers integer order reasoning from out-of-school thermometer experiences, with zero as a significant concept |
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Before instruction, a strong sixth grader infers integer order reasoning from out-of-school thermometer experiences, with zero as a significant concept |
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