Stages in the history of algebra with implications for teaching

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-201

  Katz, Victor J ^a   Barton, Bill ^b  

^a University of the District of Columbia Washington DC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abstract stage; Algebra; Equation solving stage; Function stage; Geometric stage; Rhetorical stage; Symbolic stage; Syncopated stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548720399     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9023-7     Document Type: Review

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