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e-Learning for Educators - Using Patterns to Develop Algebraic Thinking
This course is offered as a part of the e-Learning for Educators project, a partnership between LEARN NC, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University College of Education, UNC-TV, DPI, and the North Carolina Virtual Public School. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Education under Grant No. U286A050018.
This course is part of LEARN NC's catalog of online courses for teachers. Please see the current offerings at the bottom of this page for information about when it may next be taught.
Explore the nature of algebraic thinking, and create strategies for encouraging its development in your middle school mathematics students.
Prerequisites
None
Course objectives
Through readings, video clips, and examination of student work, you will learn to:
- Recognize and build on opportunities for algebraic thinking in a variety of mathematics contexts
- Analyze your students' algebraic thinking
- Pose questions that encourage the development of algebraic thinking
In addition, you will produce a lesson plan that incorporates the key concepts of the workshop.
Audience
This course is appropriate for math teachers in middle school classrooms.
Time commitment
Approximately 2-5 hours per week
Current offerings
There are no scheduled offerings of this course.
