Generalized and generative thinking in US and Chinese students' mathematical problem solving and problem posing

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-421

  Cail, Jinfa ^a   Hwang, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national study; Generalized thinking; Generative thinking; Problem posing; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036455627     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-3123(02)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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