" Playing the game" of story problems: Coordinating situation-based reasoning with algebraic representation

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-195

  Walkington, Candace ^a   Sherman, Milan ^b   Petrosino, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebra; Mathematics education; Problem solving; Story problems; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856703633     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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