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

by Virginia Bastable, Deborah Schifter, Susan Jo Russell

Book Overview

"To truly engage in mathematics is to become curious and intrigued about regularities and patterns, then describe and explain them. A focus on the behavior of the operations allows students starting in the familiar territory of number and computation to progress to true engagement in the discipline of mathematics."

--Susan Jo Russell, Deborah Schifter, and Virginia Bastable

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325041911
• ISBN13: 9780325041919
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6