The balance model: Hindrance or support for the solving of linear equations with one unknown

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-359

  Vlassis, Joëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 13844273027     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020229023965     Document Type: Article

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