LOCAL THEORETICAL MODELS IN ALGEBRA LEARNING

• leçon - matière potentielle : an unknown
• leçon - matière potentielle : the equations
• cours - matière potentielle : methods
• exposé
• expression écrite
• leçon - matière potentielle : that teenagers

Rojano, T. (2004). Local Theoretical Models in Algebra Learning: a Meeting Point in Mathematics Education. In D. MacDougal (Ed.) Psychology of Mathematics Education - North American Chapter (1) pp 37-56. Toronto. LOCAL THEORETICAL MODELS IN ALGEBRA LEARNING: A MEETING POINT IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION Teresa Rojano Centre for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Mexico Abstract The need of interpreting unanticipated phenomena, arising from studies on the transition from arithmetic to algebra in the 80s, gave rise to the long-term research program Acquiring Algebraic Language.

• algebraic substitution
• children progress along the list of items
• theoretical models
• word problems
• cognitive processes
• algebra
• line to line
• line for line
• line-line
• line upon line
• line by line
• analysis
• problem