The potential for developing algebraic thinking from purposeful guessing and checking

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL

Volumn , Issue PART 1, 2008, Pages 469-476

  Levin, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY STRUCTURE; ALGEBRAIC ALGORITHMS; FIRST EPISODES; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; PROBLEM-SOLVING SESSIONS; RATE OF CHANGE; WORD PROBLEM;

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; STUDENTS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84880441310     PISSN: 15734552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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