Experiencing Change: The Mathematics of Change in Multiple Environments

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-108

  Noble, Tracy ^a   Nemirovsky, Ricardo ^a   Wright, Tracey ^a   Tierney, Cornelia ^a  

^a TERC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus analysis; Children's strategies; Connections in mathematics; Elementary (K 8); Manipulatives; Patterns relationships in mathematics; Representations modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035579249     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749622     Document Type: Article

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