One statement that was made in the book was interesting to me was Algebra begins in prekindergarten. Towards the end of year my 8th graders have anxiety about going to take Algebra in 9th grade. Now I can tell them they have done Algebra in every grade and didn’t realize it. Another concept was interesting was on pg. 262 when the author stated “one reason that students are unsuccessful in algebra is that they don’t have a strong understand of the symbols.” This idea has never occurred to me. I understand the symbols so every else should too, right? Looking back now when I was help with math, I remember seeing my students struggle with letters and numbers. I never understood the struggle until reading this section of the text.
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