Teaching and Learning Algebra [Hardcover]

Algebra is widely recognized as a difficult aspect of the Mathematics currciculum--one that not all pupils see the point of. Yet an understanding of algebra provides the key to the great power and potential interest of Mathematics in general. Up to now, detailed advice and guidance on the teaching and learning of algebra has been difficult to find. Here, however, Doug French provides a comprehensive, authoritative and, above all, constructive guide to the subject.

1. Learning and teaching algebra2. Sense and nonsense in algebra3. Beginnings4. Developing algebraic skills5. Patterns with squares6. Functions and graphs7. Creating and solving equations8. Proportionality, growth and decay9. Links to geometry10. Trogonometry and circular functions11. Sequences and series12. The calculus: differentiation and integrationIndex