Elementary school children perceive the equal sign as a "do something signal". Although older children seem to have a view which is closer to an equivalence relationship, there are still many traces of their relating to the equal sign as an operator.
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%1 Kieran81
%A Kieran, Carolyn
%D 1981
%J Educational Studies in Mathematics
%K algebra equals gmx ijceell06 mythesis narrative notation representation
%P 317--326
%T Concepts Associated with the Equality Symbol
%V 12
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