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Title: | From Arithmetic to Algebra: Novice Students' Strategies for Solving Equations | Contributor(s): | Falle, Judith Louise (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11372 | Abstract: | Students learning the art of solving equations using formal algebraic procedures are usually presented with examples that require the application of simple arithmetic knowledge. This paper suggests that such contexts do not always encourage students to use arithmetic procedures that are algebraically useful or to see the need for formal algebraic techniques. Excerpts from interviews with students reveal their thinking and some of the strategies they use. Some implications for teaching are suggested. "Translating the jostle and clamour around us into equations is half the art; solving them the other." (Kaplan, R., 1999. The Nothing That Is: a natural history of zero.) | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | MERGA 28: 28th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia, 7th - 9th July, 2005 | Source of Publication: | Building Connections: Theory, Research and Practice. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, v.1, p. 337-344 | Publisher: | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) | Place of Publication: | Sydney, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930302 Syllabus and Curriculum Development | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.merga.net.au/documents/RP352005.pdf http://www.merga.net.au/node/38?year=2005 |
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