A visual introduction to algebra
Having introduced many students to algebra, I have always wanted to find a way to make it "make sense". One year, I met two researchers from the University of San Diego, Dr Ferdinand Rivera and Dr Joanne Rossi at a conference in Greece(*). Their presentations and later conversations I had with the two of them, especially an electronic correspondence with Dr Rivera, changed my practice completely. This is a recorded description of this approach that was presented to the staff of Avila College in December 2014. If you wish, you can download my article, Thinking Visually About Algebra , from the website of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. (*) Psychology of Mathematics Education 33.