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A diagrammatic view of the equals sign: arithmetical equivalence as a means, not an end

It is recommended in the mathematics education literature that pupils be presented with equality statements that can be assessed for numerical balance by attending to notational structure rather than computation. I describe an alternative, diagrammatic approach in which pupils do not assess statemen...

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Main Author: Ian Jones
Format: Default Article
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/8588
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