The difficulty of "length × width": Is a square the unit of measurement?

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Kamii, Constance ^a   Kysh, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A square as a unit of measurement; Area of a rectangle; Length width; Measurement of area; Piaget's theory; The infinitely small

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846430060     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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