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Peer reviewedWatkins, Ann E. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1979
The major conclusion of this study is that students understand mathematics better when concepts are written with more common grammatical structures and without symbols. (MP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Higher Education
