This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive, research-based, multi-faceted look at issues in early algebra. In recent years, the National Council for Teac

"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 t

This book highlights new developments in the teaching and learning of algebraic thinking with 5- to 12-year-olds. Based on empirical findings gathered in severa

With a focus on children's mathematical thinking, this second edition adds new material on the mathematical principles underlying children's strategies, a new o

The subject of algebra has always been important in American secondary mathematics education. However, algebra at the elementary level has been garnering increa