Emphasizing Concrete Representation to Enhance Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Operations on Integers

• Main Authors: Khalid, Madihah, Embong, Zulmaryan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Dergipark 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General); LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools; LB2361 Curriculum
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87056/1/775605; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87056/2/10.16949-turkbilmat.775605-1221966.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87056/8/87056_Emphasizing%20concrete%20representation%20to%20enhance_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87056/; https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turkbilmat/issue/58294/775605
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper presents the findings of an intervention study that emphasizes concrete representation to improve students’ conceptual understanding in learning mathematics. The study specifically examined the effectiveness of focusing on concrete representations – the algebra tiles, in minimizing studen...