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  1. Département de Mathématiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Carolyn Kieran

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  1. Department of Education, Centre for Mathematics Education, London South Bank University, London, UK

    Stephen Lerman

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  1. Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Ruhama Even

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Kieran, C. (2020). Algebra Teaching and Learning. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_6

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