Multiple Notational Systems and Algebraic Understandings: The Case of the “Best Deal” Problem

Algebra in the Early Grades

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 273-301

  Brizuela, Bárbara M ^a   Earnest, Darrell ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TERC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315097435-13     Document Type: Chapter

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