Representational Implications for Understanding Equivalence

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 86-88

  Capraro, Mary Margaret ^a   Ding, Meixia ^a   Matteson, Shirley ^a   Capraro, Robert M ^a   Li, Xiaobao ^b  

^a TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349059041     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17773.x     Document Type: Note

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