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Historical development of algebra; Arithmetic and Algebra; The Transition From Arithmetic to Algebra and Algebraic Thinking; Different Approaches to the Development of Algebraic Thinking: Generalized arithmetic, exploring relations and properties, exploring equality as a relation between quantities, relational thinking and equality concept, using symbols as variables, meaning of variables, functional thinking, generalizing patterns, using inverse operations; Quantitative Reasoning; Algebraic Habits of Mind; Activities to be Taken in the Development of Algebraic Thinking: Hypothesis, proof, prediction, using representations, questionig. |