Making sense of variables, expressions, and equations with dr. A proposed framework for examining basic number sense. The present study explored the existing literature in order to identify key points that are related. For english learners, this mathematical sense making is accompanied by a simultaneous growth in their ability to make meaning in english. The principles and standards for school mathematics even highlights that the.
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