An investigation of African American students' mathematical problem solving

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-163

  Malloy, Carol E ^a   Gail Jones, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children' strategies; Cognitive style; Equity diversity; Learners, (characteristics of); Middle grades, 5 8; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944453470     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749896     Document Type: Article

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