Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12 · 1983 · 56 citations · 0 references
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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.