Developing prospective elementary teachers' flexibility in the domain of proportional reasoning

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 113-135

  Berk, Dawn ^a   Taber, Susan B ^b   Gorowara, Christine Carrino ^a   Poetzl, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953670634     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986060903022714     Document Type: Article

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