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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by lights0123 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:58PM (#31671473)
Algebra I also generally includes systems of (2 or 3) linear equations, quadratics (different equation forms, factoring, graphing, solving) and basic exponential functions (although usually just recognizing them and filling in Ce^rt).
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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by glerk on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:07PM (#31671633)
Ah makes sense then. I remember seeing stuff like 3x+2=11 around the 4th grade, but definitely no quadratics or graphing functions until much later. Maybe the order the information is presented is just different and it doesn’t make sense to compare.
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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by anthonypasq on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:22PM (#31671846)
i dont think so, thats all algebra 2
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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by sokoloff on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:29PM (#31671953)
That is not my experience. Systems of 2 linear equations ("intersecting lines") and quadratics were definitely part of Algebra I (and maybe even pre-Algebra).

I'm 95+% sure that basic exponentiation was also part of Algebra I.

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