Instructional contexts that support students' transition from arithmetic to algebraic reasoning: Elements of tasks and culture

Everyday Matters in Science and Mathematics: Studies of Complex Classroom Events

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 211-234

  Blanton, Maria L ^a   Kaput, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611666     Document Type: Chapter

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