Heuristic literacy development and its relation to mathematical achievements of middle school students

Instructional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-139

  Koichu, Boris ^a   Berman, Abraham ^a   Moore, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classroom experiment; Heuristic literacy; Heuristics; Mathematical achievements; Mathematical problem solving; Thinking aloud interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947500644     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-006-9004-3     Document Type: Article

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