The Effects of an Early Algebra Intervention on Third-Grade Students’ Algebraic Thinking Skills
Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.52, no.3, pp.758-799, 2023 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 52 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2023
- Doi Number: 10.14812/cuefd.1126186
- Journal Name: Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.758-799
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- TED University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The importance of early algebra has been emphasized in international literature, and it has been discussed in many studies that students who are involved in a comprehensive intervention improve their algebraic thinking skills. The aim of this study was to test the effects of an early algebra intervention on the algebraic thinking skills of 3rd-grade students. The 3rd-grade intervention and control groups were included in the study, and both groups were given pre-test and post-test. In the findings, although there was no statistical difference between the 3rd-grade intervention and control group performances in the pre-test, a statistically significant difference was found in the post-test. Analysis of the students' strategies revealed that the students in the intervention group used algebraic thinking strategies more in the post-test than the control group in three big ideas, which are equality, expressions, equations and inequalities, generalized arithmetic, and functional thinking.