Exploring strategy use and strategy flexibility in non-routine problem solving by primary school high achievers in mathematics

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-618

  Elia, Iliada ^a,b   van den Heuvel Panhuizen, Marja ^b,c   Kolovou, Angeliki ^b  

^a Cyprus Pedagogical Institute   (Cyprus)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inter task strategy flexibility; Intra task strategy flexibility; Non routine problem solving; Strategy use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957696093     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0184-6     Document Type: Article

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