Algebra is important for everyone. It provides a way to represent a sit uation so it can be analyzed carefully. In the new algebra classroom, students will be talking and listening to each other as they learn to understand problems and devise solutions. Teachers will organize tasks to help students discover that the use of symbols allows them to con trol data and use them to produce answers to real questions.
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