Some findings of the US-Japan cross-cultural research on students’ problem-solving behaviours

International Comparisons in Mathematics Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 121-138

  Becker, Jerry P ^a   Sawada, Toshio ^b   Shimizu, Yoshinori ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 85071144016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203012086-14     Document Type: Chapter

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