Helping Elementary Teachers Build Mathematical Generality into Curriculum and Instruction

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-42

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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