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This thematic series examines the potential and actual impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education (HE). The focus is primarily on the use of AI for supporting teaching and learning.
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.
L. Lee. Approaches to algebra: perspectives for research and teaching, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p 102
… it is much of a challenge to demonstrate that functions, modelling, and problem solving are all types of generalizing activities, that algebra and indeed all of mathematics is about generalizing patterns.
p 103
The history of the science of algebra is the story of the growth of a technique for representing of finite patterns.
The notion of the importance of pattern is as old as civilization. Every art is founded on the study of patterns.
Mathematics is the most powerful technique for the understanding of pattern, and for the analysis of the relationships of patterns.(1996)
M. Mawdesley, G. Long, S. Al-Jibouri, D. Scott, and J. Gribble. SAGSET 2008 - 38th Annual Conference: "Teaching and Learning through Gaming and Simulation, July 17-18, 2008, Nottingham University Business School, UK, (2008)