Perspectives on School Algebra

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sutherland, R. (Editor), Rojano, T. (Editor), Bell, A. (Editor), Lins, R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Mathematics Education Library ; 22
• Subjects: Education.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; History of Mathematical Sciences.
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This book confronts the issue of how young people can find a way into the world of algebra. The contributions represent multiple perspectives which include an analysis of situations in which algebra is an efficient problem-solving tool, the use of computer-based technologies, and a consideration of...

Table of Contents:

• Approaches to Algebra
• The Historical Origins of Algebraic Thinking
• The Production of Meaning for Algebra: A Perspective Based on a Theoretical Model of Semantic Fields
• A Model for Analysing Algebraic Processes of Thinking
• The Structural Algebra Option Revisited
• Transformation and Anticipation as Key Processes in Algebraic Problem Solving
• Historical-Epistemological Analysis in Mathematics Education: Two Works in Didactics of Algebra
• Curriculum Reform and Approaches to Algebra
• Propositions Concerning the Resolution of Arithmetical-Algebraic Problems
• Beyond Unknowns and Variables - Parameters and Dummy Variables in High School Algebra
• From Arithmetic to Algebraic Thinking by Using a Spreadsheet
• General Methods: A Way of Entering the World of Algebra
• Reflections on the Role of the Computer in the Development of Algebraic Thinking
• Symbolic Arithmetic vs Algebra the Core of a Didactical Dilemma.