Middle school children's cognitive perceptions of constructive and deconstructive generalizations involving linear figural patterns

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-82

  Rivera, F D ^a   Becker, Joanne Rossi ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951243551     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-007-0062-z     Document Type: Article

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