Mathematical word problems: The student's voice

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 61-75

  Tobias, Bruce ^a  

^a St John's College   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultural models; Discourse analysis; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044474079     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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