@inbook{5f8677fcdc9a436298438ff89e588c03,
title = "SCHOOL STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDINGS OF ALGEBRA 30 YEARS ON",
abstract = "In this paper, we discuss early results of a large-scale survey of attainment in algebra of 11-14 year olds in England. As part of Phase I of Increasing Student Competence and Confidence in Algebra and Multiplicative Structures (ICCAMS), tests were administered to a sample of 3000 children in June and July 2008. The tests used items developed during the 1970s for the Concepts in Secondary Mathematics and Science (CSMS) study (Hart, 1981). This enables a comparison of students' current attainment with that of 30 years ago. Results suggest that the practice in England of teaching algebra earlier confers an initial advantage to students, but this increased attainment is not sustained and, by age 14, current performance in algebra is broadly similar to that of students in 1976.",
author = "Jeremy Hodgen and Dietmar Kuechemann and Margaret Brown and Robert Coe",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-960-243-655-4",
series = "PME 33: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 33RD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, VOL 3",
publisher = "INT GRP PSYCHOL MATH EDUC",
pages = "177 -- 184",
booktitle = "Unknown",
note = "33rd Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education ; Conference date: 19-07-2009 Through 24-07-2009",
}