Thinking like a tree (and other forms of ecological thinking)

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-62

  Resnick, Mitchel ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION SYSTEM;

EDUCATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0142007801     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025632719774     Document Type: Review

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