Representational Thinking as a Framework for Introducing Functions in the Elementary Curriculum

Algebra in the Early Grades

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 133-160

  Smith, Erick ^a  

^a Cayuga Pure Organics   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315097435-6     Document Type: Chapter

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