II Preparing all students for success in algebra

• Book ID: 103912659
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0732-3123
• DOI: 10.1016/0732-3123(95)90013-6

✦ Synopsis

and his colleagues are developing a nationwide program for prealgebra grades that is intended to teach children those levels of understanding, and those habits of mind, that will prepare them for success when they encounter algebra in Grades 7, 8, or 9. The judgment on any program must be based on what that program means in the lives of teachers and children. A powerful piece of evidence is the way teachers have been able to make use of the Moses approach, as we see demonstrated in the report that appears in the following section.

But one could also read the report from other points of view. If you want to see how a teacher can work with students to guide their mental constructions, you can hardly do better than to study this report by Lynne Godfrey and Mary Catherine O'Connor, or to view the soon-to-be-released videotapes of lessons by Amy Martin0 .