Abstract
We analyzed students’ responses to a series of broken ruler measurement tasks in the form of incorrect worked examples. The measurement tasks challenged students’ initial conceptions of where the measurement starts and how to determine the overall length.
Document Type
Brief
DOI
10.5703/1288284317292
Recommended Citation
Haiduc, Ana-Maria; Bofferding, Laura; Aqazade, Mahtob; Chen, Lizhen; and Kocabas, Sezai, "Where to Start and How to Judge? First and Third Graders' Measurement Conceptions" (2021). Indiana STEM Education Conference. 2.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/instemed/2021/briefs/2
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Where to Start and How to Judge? First and Third Graders' Measurement Conceptions
We analyzed students’ responses to a series of broken ruler measurement tasks in the form of incorrect worked examples. The measurement tasks challenged students’ initial conceptions of where the measurement starts and how to determine the overall length.