Algebraic equations: Can middle-school students meaningfully translate from words to mathematical symbols?

Reading Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 147-164

  Capraro, Mary Margaret ^a   Joffrion, Heather ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744943774     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710600642467     Document Type: Article

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