University Students' Reading of Their First-Year Mathematics Textbooks

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-256

  Shepherd, Mary D ^a   Selden, Annie ^a   Selden, John ^a  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862324324     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2012.682959     Document Type: Article

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