How Students “Unpack” the Structure of a Word Problem: Graphic Representations and Problem Solving

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 184-196

  Edens, Kellah ^a   Potter, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 77951581782     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2008.tb17827.x     Document Type: Article

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