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Kordaki, Maria – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2003
Focuses on the role of tools, provided by a computer microworld (C.AR.ME), on the strategies developed by 14-year-old students regarding the concept of conservation of area of a non-convex polygon. Indicates that the nature of the tools used affected the nature of solution strategies that students constructed. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Area, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts