Connecting Arithmetic to Algebra: Strategies for Building Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary Grades

By Susan Jo Russell, Deborah Schifter (EDC), and Virginia Bastable

Connecting Arithmetic to Algebra: Strategies for Building Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary Grades helps readers learn about a crucial component of algebraic thinking: investigating the behavior of the operations. The book describes how elementary teachers can shape their instruction so that students learn to: notice and describe consistencies across problems, articulate generalizations about the behavior of the operations, and develop mathematical arguments based on representations to explain why such generalizations are or are not true. Through such work, students become familiar with properties and general rules that underlie computational strategies—including those that form the basis of strategies used in algebra—strengthening their understanding of grade-level content and at the same time preparing them for future studies.

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Price: $26.25
ISBN: 9780325041919
(176 pp.) Print