The roles of reification and reflective abstraction in the development of abstract thought: Transitions from arithmetic to algebra

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-245

  Goodson Espy, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 54649084690     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003473509628     Document Type: Article

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