Quantitative Reasoning and the Development of Algebraic Reasoning

Algebra in the Early Grades

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 95-132

  Smith, John P Jack ^a   Thompson, Patrick W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315097435-5     Document Type: Chapter

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