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  1. Plenty of literature has highlighted elementary students’ misinterpretation and difficulty in dealing with an equal sign at different grade levels (e.g., Jones, Inglis, Gilmore & Evans, 2013; Sherman & Bisanz, 2009; Stephens et al., 2013). Studies have suggested various tools to develop a relational understanding of equality (e.g., Ellis & Yeh, 2008; Jones & Pratt, 2006). Leavy, Hourigan, and McMahon (2013) reported evidence of a relational understanding of the equal sign, rather than an operational understanding, in elementary students’ work when using a physical balance. In this study, we investigate how often elementary students use their relational understanding of equality using a balance to write a balanced equation of the given situation. 
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