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Record Nr.

UNINA9910161651803321

Autore

Kieran Carolyn

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-319-32258-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

ICME-13 Topical Surveys, , 2366-5955

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching 

Learning, Psychology of

Teachers - Training of

Mathematics Education

Instructional Psychology

Teaching and Teacher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

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.