Just give me a computer and I will move the earth: Programming as a catalyst of a cultural revolution in the mathematics classroom

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-195

  Sfard, Anna ^a   Leron, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0010200007     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00571078     Document Type: Article

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