Students' coordination of geometric reasoning and measuring strategies on a fixed perimeter task: Developing mathematical understanding of linear measurement

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-221

  Barrett, Jeffrey E ^a   Clements, Douglas H ^b   Klanderman, David ^c   Pennisi, Sarah Jean ^a,e   Polaki, Mokaeane V ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c United States of America   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

^e Ridgewood High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's strategies; Clinical interviews; Cognitive theory; Geometry; Measurement; Problem solving; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646740202     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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