Algebraic procedures used by 13-to-15-year-olds

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-70

  Demby, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

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EID: 42549147889     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002963922234     Document Type: Article

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