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Going beyond Numbers to Complicate the Given Information

Elementary Children’s Mathematical Writing

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Elementary aged children need developmentally appropriate activities to engage them in argumentative writing in mathematics (math writing).

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  1. Karl W. Kosko
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  1. Kent State University, Ohio, USA

    Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

  2. Kent State University, Ohio, USA

    Yang Gao

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Kosko, K.W. (2016). Going beyond Numbers to Complicate the Given Information. In: Dowdy, J.K., Gao, Y. (eds) Pump It Up. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-612-5_20

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