Promoting Critical-Thinking Dispositions by Using Problem Solving in Middle School Mathematics

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Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Leader, Lars F ^a   Middleton, James A ^b  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872647870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19404476.2004.11658174     Document Type: Article

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