Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them

Mohammad Alkhateeb

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Mohammad Alkhateeb ¹ ^*

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This study, firstly, aimed at investigating the various types of the multiple math representations and transitions among them in the 8^th grade math textbook, and secondly, teachers' use of these representations in teaching. The current study employed the content analysis approach to investigate the multiple mathematical representations and transitions among them in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook. An observation method was used to analyses the teacher practices (n=35 observations), and record the representations and transitions. The results showed that there was an existence of symbol and verbal representations in the textbook and teachers' implementation. Meanwhile, the other three representations (pictures and figures, models and Cutters, and life situations) and the transactions between them were at low rates in the textbook and teachers' implementation.

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symbol representation
verbal representation
picture representation
model representation
life situation representation
teachers’ practices

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2019, 137-145

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Alkhateeb, M. (2019). Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(1), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982

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Alkhateeb M. Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(1):137-45. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982

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Alkhateeb M. Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(1), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982

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Alkhateeb, Mohammad. "Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2019 14 no. 1 (2019): 137-145. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982

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Alkhateeb, M. (2019). Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(1), pp. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982

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Alkhateeb, Mohammad "Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Mathematics Textbook and the Extent to which Teachers Implement Them". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 1, 2019, pp. 137-145. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3982