Helps you formulate a solid foundation for understanding algebra. This title offers a range of activities, all using number tiles to actively involve pupils and algebraic activities that also involve place value, primes, composites, exponents, addition, subtraction, multiplication, divisibility rules and pentominoes.
Watson , A. ( 2000 ) “ Going across the grain : mathematical generalisation in a group of low attainers ' , Nordisk Matematikk Didaktikk ( Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education ) , 8 ( 1 ) : 7–22 . Watson , A. and Mason , J. ( 1998 ) ...
Develop algebraic thinking by exploring and conjecturing about patterns; verbalising relationships; making generalisations; symbolising relationships; working with functions and making connections between the real world and algebraic ...
The 2nd-grader Lena (8 years old) mentioned specific numbers for the amounts of marbles in both boxes: “In the green box are three marbles and in the orange box are two marbles.” Other children wanted to shake the boxes to hear how many ...
This book shows that children can and do engage in generalising about numbers and operations as their mathematical experiences expand.
Read a sample chapter from Fostering Algebraic Thinking (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)! Fostering Algebraic Thinking is a timely and welcome resource for middle and high school teachers hoping...
However, we recognize that it is reasonable to assume that many subdomains of algebra are going to be inappropriate for young learners. Instead of asking whether young children are ready for algebra, perhaps we need to ask whether there ...
In Chapter 5, “Two of Everything Revisited,” students return to the experience in Chapter 1 and apply the skills they learned in ... The remaining three chapters in this section provide other experiences important to algebraic thinking.
Provides exercises, activities, and games to help understand the concepts of numeracy and algebraic thinking. Designed to support Mathematics in the New Zealand curriculum. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
The teacher book offers teaching procedures and reproducible worksheets; the student book conveniently binds one student's worksheets together. Grades K-5. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 139 pages. 2011 revised edition.
MOB Developing Algebraic Thinking: Plotting and Growing Teacher's Guide, 2nd Edition (2009)