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ERIC Number: EJ559997
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Introducing the Variable through Pattern Exploration.
English, Lyn D.; Warren, Elizabeth A.
Mathematics Teacher, v91 n2 p166-70 Feb 1998
Reviews an alternative patterning approach and highlights the difficulties it can present when students lack the requisite skills and knowledge of processes. Describes how this approach can be used to introduce elementary algebraic ideas and offers recommendations for establishing these important understandings. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Pattern Recognition, Patterns in Mathematics, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Variables (Mathematics)