Spreadsheets as generators of new meanings in middle school algebra

Computers in the Schools

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-25

  Abramovich, Sergei ^a   Nabors, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84882701610     PISSN: 07380569     EISSN: 15287033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J025v13n01_03     Document Type: Article

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