Teaching and Learning AlgebraA&C Black, 15 d’ag. 2005 - 199 pàgines Algebra is widely recognised to be a difficult aspect of the Mathematics currciculum - one that not all pupils see the point of. Yet an understanding of algebra provides the key to the great power and potential interest of Mathematics in general. Up to now, detailed advice and guidance on the teaching and learning of algebra has been difficult to find. Here, however, Doug French provides a comprehensive, authoritative and, above all, constructive guide to the subject. |
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1 Learning and Teaching Algebra | 1 |
2 Sense and Nonsense in Algebra | 8 |
3 Beginnings | 26 |
4 Developing Algebraic Skills | 46 |
Explaining and Proving | 65 |
6 Functions and Graphs | 81 |
Creating and Solving Equations | 99 |
8 Proportionality Growth and Decay | 116 |
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