MTE 504: Algebra Think Elem Schl Educat

The course is designed to explore how elementary grades mathematics, typically arithmetic, can be transformed to include algebraic reasoning. In particular, the course examines how to build opportunities for students to generalize patterns and relationships and support that thinking through conjecture and justification. The course will also attend to the forms of classroom practice that can support children's algebraic thinking, how children represent their thinking, and how their representations evolve into more formal ways of thinking involving algebraic notation.