Content Matters: Algebraic Reasoning in Teacher Professional Development

Algebra in the Early Grades

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 333-359

  Franke, Megan Loef ^a   Carpenter, Thomas P ^b   Battey, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315097435-16     Document Type: Chapter

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