Areas within areas

Marshall Lassak; Renee Fietsam; Maurice J. Burke; J. Kevin Colligan; Maria G. Fung; Jeffrey J. Wanko

doi:10.5951/MATHTEACHER.106.3.0234

Areas within areas

Marshall Lassak, Renee Fietsam, Maurice J. Burke, J. Kevin Colligan, Maria G. Fung, Jeffrey J. Wanko

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12
Volume	106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5951/MATHTEACHER.106.3.0234
State	Published - Jan 1 2012

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Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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