The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra The 12 th ICMI Study

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stacey, Kaye (Editor), Chick, Helen (Editor), Kendal, Margaret (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: New ICMI Study Series, 8
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

This book presents a wide-ranging, international perspective on the state of the field of algebra from invited participants to the 12th ICMI Study Conference held in Melbourne, Australia in 2001. The authors are renowned academics from all around the world who have written individual chapters associ...

Table of Contents:

• Solving the Problem with Algebra
• The Core of Algebra: Reflections on its Main Activities
• Responses to ‘The Core of Algebra’
• The Early Development of Algebraic Reasoning: The Current State of the Field
• A Toolkit for Analysing Approaches to Algebra
• Research on the Role of Technological Environments in Algebra Learning and Teaching
• Computer Algebra Systems and Algebra: Curriculum, Assessment, Teaching, and Learning
• The History of Algebra in Mathematics Education
• Symbols and Language
• Teachers’ Knowledge and the Teaching of Algebra
• The Teaching and Learning of Tertiary Algebra
• Goals and Content of an Algebra Curriculum for the Compulsory Years of Schooling
• Algebra: A World of Difference.