Secondary school mathematics teachers' conceptions of proof

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-405

  Knuth, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Proof; Secondary mathematics; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036862419     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4149959     Document Type: Article

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