Title: Generalising from number properties to algebra
1 Generalising from number properties to algebra
- Anne Lawrence
- Adviser in Numeracy, Mathematics and NCEA
2Teaching progression (adapted from Pierre
Kieren)
Materials
Images
Knowledge
3A Teaching Progression
- Start by
- Using materials, diagrams to illustrate and solve
the problem - Progress to
- Developing mental images to help solve the
problem - Extend to
- Working abstractly with the number property
4To reinforce and consolidate
- Move back and forth between
- Using materials, diagrams to illustrate and solve
the problem - and
- Developing mental images to help solve the
problem - and
- Working abstractly with the number property
5Discovering algebraic rules for expanding
- Based on an array model for multiplication
- Ideas adapted from
- Cyril Quinlan. Analysing teaching/learning
strategies for algebra. P 459-464. MERGA 18
(Eighteenth annual conference of the mathematics
education research group of Australasia Darwin
1995). - http//www.blackdouglas.com.au
6One bracket with addition
- Start with 3 rows of 7 counters
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8Discuss how this might be written
Focus on
9Place a straw between two columns
What does it now show?Record it as
10How else can you place the straw to show the same
thing?
Discuss what this shows
11How else can you place the straw to show
something different?
12- How many different ways of placing the straw can
you find? - How many different ways can you find of writing
? - Record them all.
- Can you find a pattern?
13What about placing the straw along the row?
14- Repeat using different numbers with one straw.
- Progress to using grids to show the same thing.
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19Generalise to number properties
20Numbers greater than 10
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23A suggested progression
- Start with rows of counters in columns
- Use a straw to generate different number
properties - Repeat for different numbers
- Generalise number properties with words
- Extend from counters to grids or arrays
- Generalise properties using symbols
24Investigate
- Two brackets with addition
- One bracket with subtraction
- Two brackets with subtraction
25Two brackets with addition
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29What about these?
30Questions to consider
Is the use of counters necessary? Do students
need to cut out grids or is shading of rectangles
sufficient? How important is recording? What is
the best way of leading into the use of symbols?
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