Matematisk ekvivalens i en femteklasse - en kasusstudie

2017

Masteroppgave matematikkdidaktikk MA502 – Universitetet i Agder 2017 This master thesis is a study of a fifth-grade class and their understanding of mathematical equivalence and if their understanding affects how they solve algebraic word problems. Within their understanding of mathematical equivalence the equal sign plays an important part. This study is based on former research about the main topic (Chesney & McNeil. 2014; Kieran. 1981; Knuth et al. 2006) that detected many pupils in elementary school with an operational understanding of the equal sign. Therefor the pupils have misconceptions about the meaning of the equal sign not being a relational mathematical symbol, but they view the…