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Direct linkFerrara, Francesca; Sinclair, Nathalie – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
This paper focuses on pattern generalisation as a way to introduce young students to early algebra. We build on research on patterning activities that feature, in their work with algebraic thinking, both looking for sameness recursively in a pattern (especially figural patterns, but also numerical ones) and conjecturing about function-based…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Generalization
