Telling and illustrating stories of parity: A classroom-based design experiment on young children's use of narrative in mathematics

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-467

  Roberts, Nicky ^a   Stylianides, Andreas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892888055     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0474-2     Document Type: Article

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