This field examines the interplay between algebraic systems—such as groups, rings, fields and modules—and the powerful analytical framework provided by local-global principles. These principles offer ...

Algebra may be giving your middle school or high school student fits, but according to a new study, children have some level of basic algebra skills and understanding of the principles without even ...

While educators and policymakers debate whether 8th graders can be readied to learn algebra, Sigrid B. Frawley sits in front of her kindergartners with a magic bag. She puts three tokens in the bag ...

A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...

Productive failure has shown positive effects on conceptual and transfer measures, but no clear effects on procedural measures. It is therefore an open question whether, and to what extent, productive ...