Learning for mathematical insight: A longitudinal comparative study on modelling

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-304

  Keijzer, Ronald ^a   Terwel, Jan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fractions; Mathematics; Mathew effect; Modelling; Number sense; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410797     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(02)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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