Controlling Choice: Teachers, Students, and Manipulatives in Mathematics Classrooms

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-31

  Moyer, Patricia S ^a   Jones, M Gail ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84870260427     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2004.tb17978.x     Document Type: Article

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