Conceptual units analysis of preservice elementary school teachers' strategies on a rational-number-as-operator task

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-69

  Behr, Merlyn J ^a   Khoury, Helen A ^a   Harel, Guershon ^b,e   Post, Thomas ^c   Lesh, Richard ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21444437773     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749663     Document Type: Article

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