Volume 1, Issue 18 – Using Patterns to Promote Algebra

Welcome to this week’s edition of Best Practices Weekly.  Today we’ll be discussing the concept of using patterns to promote algebra.

Both early algebra and patterns are emphasized in elementary math, yet it can be difficult to use patterns to build true algebraic thinking. In an article for Teaching Children Mathematics, Ball State University instructor Sheryl Stump discusses how to design problems such that they lay the foundation for students to think algebraically.

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