Explanations and context in the emergence of students' informal inferential reasoning

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 87-108

  Gil, Einat ^a   Ben Zvi, Dani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 78951471562     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2011.538295     Document Type: Article

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