Overview
- Provides a brief history of the early algebra movement and its evolution
- Discusses the nature of early algebra, its processes, and its mathematical content
- Gives an overview of research on early algebra learning
- Gives an overview of research on the teaching of early algebra, including the need for professional support for the teacher of early algebra
- Presents a neurocognitive perspective on early algebra
Part of the book series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys (ICME13TS)
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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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Book Title: Early Algebra
Book Subtitle: Research into its Nature, its Learning, its Teaching
Authors: Carolyn Kieran, JeongSuk Pang, Deborah Schifter, Swee Fong Ng
Series Title: ICME-13 Topical Surveys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32258-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32257-5Published: 20 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32258-2Published: 11 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-5947
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5955
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 42
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics Education, Learning & Instruction, Teaching and Teacher Education