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What Are These Things Called Variables?
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ParameterizationSymbolic ManipulationMathematics EducationAlgebra StudentsMathematical ModelKieran 1980Evaluation StrategyLiteral SymbolsLinear Equation
We all know some of the problems that beginning algebra students have in working with literal symbols, or variables. Two articles in this journal (Herscovics and Kieran 1980; Rosnick 1981) have discussed certain difficulties related to variables and have offered suggestions for overcoming them.