ICL 7053: Reading Response 2

 Readings: Brahier (pp. 337-353)-the Teaching of Algebra; excerpt from Standards Decoded (in Module content).

Please note that the original pages listed in the syllabus were from older book edition. I corrected the pages and included the title in case you are using a different book edition.

Reading Response 2: 

The Brahier section focuses on the Teaching of Algebra. The Standards Decoded excerpt provides additional information about the 8th grade Expressions and Equations standards. 

Respond to the following questions. 

1. According to Briahier, “Although there are subtle differences in the ways that algebra is defined in mathematics education, it is important to think of it as a language and a content area, rather than a course that one takes in secondary or middle school” (p. 340). What do you think he means by algebra as a language? What would that conception of algebra mean for teaching?

2. Which of the Algebra activities on pp. 349-353 would you use in instruction? Why?

3. What was one key “take-away” for you from the excerpt from the Standards Decoded document? Why was this significant