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Writing Sophistication In Students Answers To Algebraic Questions., Karl Kosko, Jesse Wilkins, Vanessa Pitts Bannister
Writing Sophistication In Students Answers To Algebraic Questions., Karl Kosko, Jesse Wilkins, Vanessa Pitts Bannister
Karl W Kosko
Various research has identified mathematical writing as promoting metacognition of students. This metacognition can come in the form of generalizations which in theory should support abstraction in algebraic reasoning. The current study sought to link the level of mathematical writing sophistication to displayed algebraic reasoning. Analysis of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade data showed that students who provided algebraic as opposed to arithmetic reasoning wrote about mathematics in a more detailed manner.