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Introducing Algebra 1: - Numbers & Patterns and Sequences (Paperback, This title helps teachers to introduce students to algebra.)
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Introducing Algebra 1: - Numbers & Patterns and Sequences (Paperback, This title helps teachers to introduce students to algebra.)
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Loot Price R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
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Algebra is a key area of mathematics that often bewilders those who
study it and this then follows them into adult life. There are
numerous occasions when adults, even the famous like the comedian
Billy Connolly, decry the value of algebra. It seems to be a
bewildering array of symbols that has no real connection with
everyday life. Yet the reality is quite the opposite. Algebra is a
wonderful tool for understanding the real world and yet one that is
inaccessible for so many people. Why is that? Very often the cause
is poor teaching. Children are thrown into a world of meaningless
symbols and that means they have missed an important part of their
mathematical journey. That is why this book is an important
contribution. It gives children the learning experiences where they
start to generalise and that is the start of algebra. This si the
reason why so many fail at more formal algebra. By placing the
child in a safe familiar world, they are exposed to a new type of
thinking about numbers that moves them forward into the ability to
generalise. Many adults say they have never used algebra but in
reality they have. Imagine putting up shelves in your home. Each
shelf needs four screws. So this means you the number of screws is
4 x the number of shelves. This ability to generalise is called
algebraic thinking. Generalising is a life skill, all adults need
to be able to generalise. That is why this book is an important
contribution to the education of children.
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