Developing Thinking in Algebra

by John Mason, Alan Graham, Sue Johnston-Wilder

Algebra has always been a watershed for pupils learning mathematics. Nevertheless pupils bring to school all the necessary natural powers for thinking algebraically, including organizing, classifying and generalizing. Developing Thinking in Algebra enables teachers and their support staff to experience and to teach algebraic thinking to pupils aged seven to 16 years. By integrating pedagogy and subject knowledge through experiencing a variety of tasks for learners, readers of this book will see how to engage all learners in successfully thinking algebraically. This book is the course reader for The Open University Course ME625 Developing Algebraic Thinking

337 pages, ebook

First published March 15, 2005

About the author

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John Mason, Professor, The Open University, is well known for many books including Thinking Mathematically with Leone Burton and Kaye Stacey and Learning and Doing Mathematics. More recently he has published Practitioner Research Using the Discipline of Noticing. He has a wealth of experience of helping practitioners to develop their own practice, and to turn that into research.