Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic: From Children's Ideas to Classroom Practice (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning)

by David W . Carraher (Author), Analucia D . Schliemann (Author), Barbara M . Brizuela (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $45.66

  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.