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Download fileAn experimental investigation into children's misconceptions concerning the symbols for mathematical equality
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posted on 2021-12-14, 22:34 authored by Thurston, John BenjaminOne of the commonest faults in children's statement
of an argument in arithmetic is the misuse of the sign of equality.
The following examples of statements, selected from children's work by the writer during his marking of Form I arithmetic, are
typical of the errors committed by children between ten and twelve
years of age.