| Description |
xii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Seventieth yearbook |
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Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ; 70th.
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| Note |
Erratum slip inserted. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
PT. 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ALGEBRA IN THE CURRICULUM. History of algebra in the school curriculum / Jeremy Kilpatrick, Andrew Izsak -- Shifting landscape of school algebra in the United States / Daniel Chazan -- PT. 2. THE NATURE OF ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING. Algebra : purpose and empowerment / Abraham Arcavi -- Introducing extensible tools in high school algebra / Al Cuoco -- Algebra : the mathematics and the pedagogy / Mark Saul -- Three Rs : recursive thinking, recursion, and recursive formulas / Stanley J. Bezuszka, Margaret J. Kenney -- Algebraic thinking and geometric thinking / Thomas Banchoff -- PT. 3. STUDIES ON THE LEARNING OF ALGEBRA. Patterns that support early algebraic thinking in the elementary school / Elizabeth Warren, Tom J. Cooper -- Using number sentences to introduce the idea of variable / Toshiakira Fujii, Maxwell Stephens -- Developing algebraic thinking through explorations in multiplication / Jae Meen Baek -- "What is your theory? What is your rule?" : fourth graders building an understanding of functions through patterns and generalizing problems / Joan Moss ... [et al.] -- Developing algebraic thinking in earlier grades : some insights from international comparative studies / Jinfa Cai, John Moyer -- PT. 4. ALGEBRA IN THE CLASSROOM. Algebra in elementary school : a Japanese perspective / Tad Watanabe -- Using a model approach to enhance algebraic thinking in the elementary school mathematics classroom / Beverly J. Ferrucci ... [et al.] -- Uncovering variables in the context of modeling activities / A. Susan Gay, Alyson R. Jones -- Role of context in learning beginning algebra / Michal Tabach, Alex Friedlander -- Walk the line : making sense of y = mx + b / Nancy Canavan Anderson -- Digging deeply into intermediate algebra : using symbols to reason and technology to connect symbols and graphs / Rose Mary Zbiek, M. Kathleen Heid -- PT. 5. EDUCATING TEACHERS. Algebra in the grades K-5 classroom : learning opportunities for students and teachers / Deborah Schifter ... [et al.] -- Exploring generalization through growth patterns / Esther Marie Huntzinger Billings -- Analyzing students' work : a context for connecting and extending algebraic knowledge for teaching / Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Elizabeth D. Phillips. |
| Subject |
Algebra -- Study and teaching.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Learning.
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| Added Author |
Greenes, Carole E.
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Rubenstein, Rheta Norma Pollock.
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| ISBN |
0873536029 |
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9780873536028 |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 12071888 |
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