Using Writing to Access Students' Schemata Knowledge for Algebraic Thinking

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 142-154

  Steele, Diana ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845483078     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2005.tb18048.x     Document Type: Article

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