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Linguistic and computational variables in problem solving in elementary mathematics

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  1. Seattle Pacific College, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

    Max E. Jerman & Sanford Mirman

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This research was completed while the senior author was a faculty memeber at The Pennsylvania State University and was partially supported by an NSF Institutional Research Grant to Penn State and Grant OEG-3-72-0036.

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Jerman, M.E., Mirman, S. Linguistic and computational variables in problem solving in elementary mathematics. Educ Stud Math 5, 317–362 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684706

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