Every word problem has a solution - The social rationality of mathematical modeling in schools

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-327

  Reusser, Kurt ^a   Stebler, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031497221     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4752(97)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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