Effects of flawed state assessment preparation materials on student's mathematical reasoning: A study

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-253

  Alacaci, Cengiz ^a   Pasztor, Ana ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale assessment; Mathematical reasoning; Mathematics curriculum; Personal sense making; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387105     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-3123(02)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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