"You've got to carefully read the math sentence...": Classroom context and children's interpretations of the equals sign

The Development of Arithmetic Concepts and Skills: Constructive Adaptive Expertise

Volumn 9781410607218, Issue , 2003, Pages 161-186

  Seo, Kyoung Hye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410607218     Document Type: Chapter

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