Using spreadsheets in learning equations

BAĞDAT O.

9th Congress of the European-Society-for-Research-in-Mathematics-Education (CERME), Prague, Çek Cumhuriyeti, 4 - 08 Şubat 2015, ss.2426-2427 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Prague
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Çek Cumhuriyeti
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2426-2427
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Spreadsheets, arithmetic, algebra
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Spreadsheets as a very functional tool has been used in many studies to facilitate transition process from arithmetic to algebra. In this study, we describe middle-grade students' experiences about using spreadsheets in learning equations. For this purpose, ten 7th grade students who had been taken an elective mathematics course participated in a spreadsheet activity about exploring equations with two unknowns. As a result, working on the problem arithmetically with spreadsheets helped students to conceive the spreadsheet cells as variables and it facilitate the students' formulization of arithmetic generalisations.