PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The relational meaning of the equals sign: A philosophical perspective
Page: 783
While there has been research on students’ understanding of the meaning of the equals sign, there has yet to be a thorough discussion in math education on a strong meaning of the equals sign. This paper discusses the philosophical and logical literature on the identity relation and reviews the math education research community’s attempt to characterize a productive meaning for the equals sign.