Early Algebra : Research into its Nature, its Learning, its Teaching / by Carolyn Kieran, JeongSuk Pang, Deborah Schifter, Swee Fong Ng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kieran, Carolyn, Author.

Pang, JeongSuk., Author.

Schifter, Deborah, Author.

Ng, Swee Fong, Author.

Series:

ICME-13 Topical Surveys, 2366-5955

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching.

Mathematics.

Learning, Psychology of.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Mathematics Education.

Instructional Psychology.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Local Subjects:

Mathematics Education.

Instructional Psychology.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 42 p. 7 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

2016.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey”

Introduction

Survey on the State-of-the-art

Summary and Looking Ahead.

Notes:

CC BY

ISBN:

9783319322582

3319322583

OCLC:

987774500