| The Design of Equality Statements |
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Location: Large Seminar Room
Host/Speaker: Ian Jones, Warwick University of Education
Date and Time:
Thursday, 01 June 2006, 12:30 - 14:00
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It is widely reported in the literature that children attend more readily to an operator notion than a relational notion of the equals sign. Drawing on data from trials of a software-based "Relational Calculator", I will propose that there are reasons to be doubtful about this generally accepted operator-relation dichotomy. Instead, it may be that = is a partially redundant symbol that can lack Piagetian "reversibility" in the minds of children. I will report on the next iteration of the software in which conceptions of mathematical equivalence are emphasised through purposeful manipulation of equality statements.Ian Jones has taught for ten years in Primary and Secondary schools and has been a research officer at Warwick University on numerous projects. He is currently in the first year of a PhD in Mathematics Education at the University of Warwick. Further Information Please RSVP to Yishay Mor |
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