Early Algebra: Research into its Nature, its Learning, its Teaching

Early Algebra: Research into its Nature, its Learning, its Teaching
ISBN-10
3319322583
ISBN-13
9783319322582
Category
Education
Pages
42
Language
English
Published
2016-07-11
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Swee Fong Ng, Carolyn Kieran, JeongSuk Pang

Description

This survey of the state of the art on research in early algebra traces the evolution of a relatively new field of research and teaching practice. With its focus on the younger student, aged from about 6 years up to 12 years, this volume reveals the nature of the research that has been carried out in early algebra and how it has shaped the growth of the field. The survey, in presenting examples drawn from the steadily growing research base, highlights both the nature of algebraic thinking and the ways in which this thinking is being developed in the primary and early middle school student. Mathematical relations, patterns, and arithmetical structures lie at the heart of early algebraic activity, with processes such as noticing, conjecturing, generalizing, representing, justifying, and communicating being central to students’ engagement.

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