February 1997, Vol. 3, Issue 6
Patterns as Tools for Algebraic Reasoning
Kristen Herbert and Rebecca H. Brown
This article explores a lesson from the NSF-funded project
MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically
in which students encounter the "Crossing the River" problem.
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