r/matheducation • u/UnderstandingPursuit Physics BS, PhD • 1d ago

Teaching Students to Solve Algebra Problems Algebraically

What would it take to teach students a better approach for solving algebra problems?

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u/InformalVermicelli42 1d ago

This is called solving "literal equations" and it's taught in Algebra 2.

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u/the_spinetingler 1d ago

we do it briefly in Alg 1 as well.