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Longer bars for bigger numbers? children’s usage and understanding of graphical representations of algebraic problems

Longer bars for bigger numbers? children’s usage and understanding of graphical representations of algebraic problems

In Singapore, primary school students are taught to use bar diagrams to represent known and unknown values in algebraic word problems. However, little is known about students’ understanding of these graphical representations. We investigated whether students use and think of the bar diagrams in a concrete or a more abstract …