Changing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Attitudes to Algebra.

McGowen, Mercedes A.; Davis, Gary E.

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ERIC Number: ED468035

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Publication Date: 2001-Dec

Pages: 10

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Changing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Attitudes to Algebra.

McGowen, Mercedes A.; Davis, Gary E.

This article addresses the question: "What are the implications for the preparation of prospective elementary teachers of 'early algebra' in the elementary grades curriculum?" Part of the answer involves language aspects of algebra: in particular, how a change in pre-service teachers' attitudes to algebra, from instrumental to relational, is correlated with learning the conventional meaning of algebraic and other mathematical terms. (Contains 13 references.) (Author/MM)

Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) Study Conference (12th, Melbourne, Australia, December 2001).