What you can learn in this unit

  • How to help students to identify relations between variables and constants.
  • Some ideas on using and developing contexts to help students see the purpose in algebraic expressions.
  • Some ideas on eliciting misconceptions and using them as a learning tool.

The learning in this unit links to the NCF (2005) and NCFTE (2009) teaching requirements in Resource 1.

What this unit is about

1 Variables and constants in a real-life context