How does proportional thinking prepare students for reasoning with variables? In this episode Pam and Kim explore the transition from proportional reasoning to functional reasoning.

Talking Points:

• Connecting proportional reasoning to linear functions
• Scaling triangles
• Proportions "within" and "between"
• Introducing tricks stifles students' opportunity to build sophisticated reasoning 
• Rich task with non-unit rates

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