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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an immigrant also and I actually don't get the whole thing about starting algebra in any particular grade. Like, in my own country (first grade), children solve equations (e.g. x+10=21, 18-x=3 etc) in the first grade. in the fourth grade they are doing various combinations e.g. (x*3+23234234)-987987=234234. it builds from there. They also learn to translate increasingly complex word problems into equations. But there is no big announcement of "now we are starting algebra", it's all called math. and yes, all kids are doing the same program, but some are better in it than others. the good ones get higher grades, obviously, but that's about it.[/quote]

This is why what the US call Algebra 1 is confusing with cross-cultural comparisons, because kids do those kinds of equations in elementary school and it's considered pre-algebra, whereas many countries from elementary on.[/quote]

And algebraic thinking is spiraled through all math classes beginning in kindergarten.[/quote]

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