Middle School Students' Understanding of Core Algebraic Concepts: Equivalence & Variable

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-76

  Knuth, Eric J ^a   Alibali, Martha W ^a   McNeil, Nicole M ^a   Weinberg, Aaron ^a   Stephens, Ana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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