The notion that elementary school students can and should engage in algebraic thinking is being increasingly accepted and advocated. We have found that the four algebraic thinking practices of ...

In the previous blog post we provided some ideas about algebraic thinking and mathematical justification. We also introduced the following task: Brian knows that anytime you add three odd numbers, you ...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to analyze what characteristics are of early grade students’ algebraic reasoning in context of open approach and lesson study. Ethnographic study was employed ...