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Zwanch, Karen; Broome, Bridget – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
Generalizing patterns is an important feature of algebraic reasoning that is accessible to students across grade-levels because it connects their numerical reasoning to algebraic reasoning. In this article, the authors describe how teachers can use the game Crack the Code to introduce generalizing to their students or can extend students'…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction
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Somasundram, Piriya – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Algebraic thinking in children can bridge the cognitive gap between arithmetic and algebra. This quantitative study aimed to develop and test a cognitive model that examines the cognitive factors influencing algebraic thinking among Year Five pupils. A total of 720 Year Five pupils from randomly selected national schools in Malaysia participated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
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Apsari, Ratih Ayu; Putri, Ratu Ilma Indra; Sariyasa; Abels, Mieke; Prayitno, Sudi – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
The present study is a part of design research in local instructional theory in a pre-algebraic lesson using the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach. The article will focus on recommendations for the type of pre-algebra class that supports elementary school students' algebraic thinking. As design research study, it followed the three…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5, Geometry
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McGarvey, Lynn M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2013
This article describes how in early mathematics learning, young children are often asked to recognize and describe visual patterns in their environment--perhaps on their clothing, a toy, or the carpet; around a picture frame; or in the playground equipment. Exploring patterns in the early years is seen as an important introduction to algebraic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Pattern Recognition, Mathematical Concepts, Preschool Children
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Stump, Sheryl L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
What is the role of patterns in developing algebraic reasoning? This important question deserves thoughtful attention. In response, this article examines some differing views of algebraic reasoning, discusses a controversy regarding patterns, and describes how three types of patterns--in contextual problems, in growing geometric figures, and in…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts
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Whitin, Phyllis; Whitin, David J. – Young Children, 2011
The habit of looking for patterns, the skills to find them, and the expectation that patterns have explanations is an essential mathematical habit of mind for young children (Goldenberg, Shteingold, & Feurzeig 2003, 23). Work with patterns leads to the ability to form generalizations, the bedrock of algebraic thinking, and teachers must nurture…
Descriptors: Investigations, Young Children, Grade 3, Algebra
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Mulligan, Joanne; Mitchelmore, Michael – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2009
Recent educational research has turned increasing attention to the structural development of young students' mathematical thinking. Early algebra, multiplicative reasoning, and spatial structuring are three areas central to this research. There is increasing evidence that an awareness of mathematical structure is crucial to mathematical competence…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Concepts, Grade 1, Concept Formation
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Mathematics Teacher, 1977
Teaching ideas are shared in three separate articles titled, "Something Different for Middle School Mathematics,""A Discovery Approach for the Y-Intercept," and "How to Get Off the Track in One Easy Lesson". (JT)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
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Whittaker, Dora – Mathematics in School, 1974
Mathematical investigations pursued by two gifted students are presented. One is written by a boy age 9 with his follow-up at 11; he studied patterns to derive the factors for the difference of two squares. Another boy of 11 discovered formulas for slopes of tangent lines and areas under curves. (LS)
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Mathematics
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Enright, Brian E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Explores algebraic thinking as children search for patterns while collecting, organizing, and graphing data and as they derive equations describing relationships found in the data. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Cwirko-Godycki, Jerzy – 1980
This collection of activities resulted from a visit by the Polish author to the Teachers' Center Project at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1980. The set of 30 activity sheets involve blocks with various types of patterns depicted. Directions for using each sheet and questions to be answered are then given. Elementary school…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Materials
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the fourth volume of the proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 59 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Kun and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Psychology