ERIC Number: EJ1227357
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 9
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ISSN: EISSN-1306-3030
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Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to Which Teachers Implement Them
Alkhateeb, Mohammad
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, v14 n1 p137-145 2019
This study, firstly, aimed at investigating the various types of the multiple math representations and transitions among them in the 8th grade math textbook, and secondly, teachers' use of these representations in teaching. The current study employed the content analysis approach to investigate the multiple mathematical representations and transitions among them in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook. An observation method was used to analyses the teacher practices (n=35 observations), and record the representations and transitions. The results showed that there was an existence of symbol and verbal representations in the textbook and teachers' implementation. Meanwhile, the other three representations (pictures and figures, models and Cutters, and life situations) and the transactions between them were at low rates in the textbook and teachers' implementation.
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Mathematics, Grade 8, Symbols (Mathematics), Visual Aids, Mathematical Models, Foreign Countries, Algebra, Textbook Content
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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