The teaching of equation solving: Approaches in standards-based and traditional curricula in the United States

Pedagogies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-186

  Cai, Jinfa ^a   Nie, Bikai ^a   Moyer, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation solving; Functional and structural approaches; Mathematics curriculum; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960504391     PISSN: 1554480X     EISSN: 15544818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1554480X.2010.485724     Document Type: Article

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