Enacting proof-related tasks in middle school mathematics: Challenges and opportunities

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-382

  Bieda, Kristen N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 8; Classroom interaction; Curriculum; Discourse analysis; Middle grades; Proof; Reasoning; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954707958     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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