Developing understanding of geometry and space in the primary grades

Designing Learning Environments for Developing Understanding of Geometry and Space

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 169-200

  Lehrer, Richard ^a   Jacobson, Cathy ^a   Thoyre, Greg ^a   Kemeny, Vera ^a   Strom, Dolores ^a   Horvath, Jeffrey ^a   Gance, Stephen ^a   Koehler, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203053461-13     Document Type: Chapter

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