Understanding ratio and proportion as an example of the apprehending zone and conceptual-phase problem-solving models

The Handbook of Mathematical Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 213-234

  Fuson, Karen C ^a   Abrahamson, Dor ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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