Interpreting unfamiliar graphs: A generative, activity theoretic model

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-290

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Lee, Yew Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cultural historical activity theory; graphs; inner contradictions; interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044248284     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000049276.37088.e4     Document Type: Article

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