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What Makes Algebra Difficult is the Equal Sign - Part 1 of x » Mathematics for Teaching

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The different meanings of equal sign in mathematics are equivalence, equation, to denote a name for a function, and to do the operation.

Algebra is one of the most researched topics in mathematics education. And most of these studies are about students understanding of algebraic concepts, particularly equations and the 24th letter of the English alphabet. With the volume of studies, one wonders why until now algebra many learners still have difficulty with the subject. I read a remark somewhere comparing the search for effective means of teaching/learning algebra similar to that of the quest for the holy grail. I’m not about to offer in this post a way of making learning algebra easier. I have not found it myself. But let me…

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