Seventh-grade students' representations for pictorial growth and change problems

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-110

  Steele, Diana ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960533051     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-007-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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