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Because there is no one answer to the dilemma of how to deal with algebra, making progress requires sustained dialogue, experimentation, reflection, and communication of ideas and practices at both the local and national levels. As an initial step in moving from national-level dialogue and speculations to concerted local and state level work on the role of algebra in the curriculum, the MSEB and the NCTM co-sponsored a national symposium, "The Nature and Role of Algebra in the K-14 Curriculum," on May 27 and 28, 1997, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
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to prepare participants to replicate similar symposia on a smaller scale in their local regions. Over 300 invited participants representing all the states attended the symposium, including K-14 mathematics teachers, mathematics supervisors, postsecondary educators, community college mathematicians, collegiate mathematicians, and representatives of the mathematics associations.
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Gelfand," which focuses on technology and algebra. A discussion document adapted from work done by the NCTM Algebra Working Group also was sent to participants prior to the symposium and appears here in Appendix E by permission of the NCTM.
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