Development of Mathematical Concepts of Two-Dimensional Space in Grid Environments: An Exploratory Study

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-324

  Sarama, Julie ^a   Clements, Douglas H ^a   Swaminathan, Sudha ^c   McMillen, Sue ^c   Gómez, Rosa M González ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c NONE

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EID: 0041760338     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI2103_03     Document Type: Article

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