Simplifying algebraic expressions: Teacher awareness and teaching approaches

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-64

  Tirosh, Dina ^a   Even, Ruhama ^a   Robinson, Naomi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 54649084431     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003011913153     Document Type: Article

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