Developing conceptual understanding of equality and equation in grade 8 algebra through inquiry based processes featuring the balance

Over a three-week period in March and April 2015, I administered an action research project in a grade eight mathematics class. I addressed a need for comprehension of two term algebraic equations by applying inquiry-based learning practices to a series of lessons, beginning with allowing my student...

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Main Author: Law, David
Other Authors: Mason, Ralph (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning)
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31062