Repeating patterns: Strategies to assist young students to generalise the mathematical structure

Australian Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Warren, Elizabeth ^a   Miller, Jodie ^a   Cooper, Thomas ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84878399053     PISSN: 03125033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183693911203700315     Document Type: Article

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