The decimal point situation: A close look at the use of mathematics-classroom-situations in teacher education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 653-665

  Markovits, Zvia ^a   Even, Ruhama ^b  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0033449051     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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