Cognitive and Metacognitive Aspects of Proportional Reasoning

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-53

  Modestou, Modestina ^a   Gagatsis, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 77949419508     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986060903465822     Document Type: Article

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