Epistemological messages conveyed by three high-school and college mathematics textbooks

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-404

  Raman, Manya ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College mathematics; Continuity; Pre calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144261271     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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