Algebraic Thinking in the Early Grades: What Is It?

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The development of studients' algebraic thinking in earlier grades: (2005, background): “…across these settings, curriculum developers, educational researchers, and policy makers have faced challenges similar to those of their counterparts in the United States as they attempted to develop early and appropriate algebraic experiences for younger children (Kieran 2004, Stacey et al. 2004).”
Handbook of research on the psychology of mathematics education: past, present and future (2006, background): “According to Mason (1996), a scrutiny of established school practice involving generalizing in algebra reveals that often, starting from geometric figures or numeric sequences, the emphasis is on the construction of tables of values from which a closed-form formula is extracted and checked with one ”