Focusing on informal strategies when linking arithmetic to early algebra

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-75

  Van Amerom, Barbara A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Early algebra; Equations; History of mathematics; Reasoning; Symbolizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843074280     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000005237.72281.bf     Document Type: Conference Paper

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