A comparison of verbal and written descriptions of students' problem solving processes

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 27-47

  Pugalee, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Discourse; Metacognition; Problem solving; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543046786     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000017666.11367.c7     Document Type: Article

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