Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic: From Children's Ideas to Classroom Practice

ISBN-13: 9780805858730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 150 str.

Analucia Dias Schliemann; David W. Carraher; Barbara M. Brizuela

Opis

Provides a rationale for promoting algebraic reasoning in the elementary school curriculum and empirical data to support it. This book shows how young learners attempt to work with mathematical generalizations before they have learned formal algebraic notation. It is suitable as a text in undergraduate or graduate mathematics education courses.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface: Rethinking Early Mathematics Education. Interpreting Research About Learning Algebra. Part I: Interview Studies. Young Children's Understanding of Equivalences. Can Young Students Solve Equations? Part II: Classroom Studies. Addition Operations as Functions. From Quantities to Ratio, Functions, and Algebraic Notation. On Children's Written Notation to Solve Problems. Discussion.

O autorze

Analúcia D. Schliemann, David W. Carraher and Bárbara M. Brizuela