Eliciting algebraic reasoning with hanging mobiles

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ByMara Otten, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Michiel Veldhuis, Aiso Heinze, Paul Goldberg
Original languageEnglish
Published inAustralian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 22(3), Article a0511292730
Pages14-19
ISSN1326-0286
DOI/Linkhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Eliciting+algebraic+reasoning+with+hanging+mobiles.-a0511292730 (Open Access)
Publication statusPublished – 09.2017

How algebraic reasoning can be fostered within the important big idea of equivalence is demonstrated using hanging mobiles. A concrete-representational-abstract approach is used, without any formal algebraic symbolism, to elicit algebraic reasoning and higher-order thinking.