Exploring one student's explanations at different ages: The case of Sharon

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-203

  Levenson, Esther ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mathematically based explanations; Practically based explanations; Zero

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876920441     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9447-1     Document Type: Article

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