Pre-service teachers' conceptions and beliefs about the role of real-world knowledge in mathematical modelling of school word problems

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-359

  Verschaffel, L ^a   De Corte, E ^a   Borghart, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0031521146     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(97)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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