In the international research community, the teaching and  learning of algebra have received a great deal of interest. The  difficulties encountered by students in school algebra show the  misunderstandings that arise in learning at different school levels  and raise important questions concerning the functioning of algebraic  reasoning, its characteristics, and the situations conducive to its  favorable development. This book looks more closely at some options  that aim at giving meaning to algebra, and which are considered in  contemporary research: generalization, problem solving, modeling, and  functions. Salient research on these four perspectives addressed the  question of the mergence and development of algebraic thinking by a  dual focus on epistemological (via the history of the development of  algebra) and didactic concerns. Through the theoretical issues raised  and discussed, and the indication of given situations which can  promote the development of algebraic thinking, Approaches to  Algebra will be of interest and value to researchers and teachers  in the field of mathematics education.

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