Students encountering obstacees using a cas

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-209

  Drijvers, Paul ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer algebra; Optimization; Realistic Mathematics Education; Student behaviour; Symbolic calculators

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LINEAR ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEMS (CAS);

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0034543311     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009825629417     Document Type: Article

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