Complex calculators in the classroom: Theoretical and practical reflections on teaching pre-calculus

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-81

  Lagrange, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a Inst Univ de Form des Maitres   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; TEACHING;

GRAPHIC AND SYMBOLIC CALCULATORS; INSTRUMENTAL GENESIS; PRE-CALCULUS METHODS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032598029     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009858714113     Document Type: Article

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