Concepts and skills in high school calculus: An examination of a special case in japan and the united states

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-43

  Judson, Thomas W ^a   Nishimori, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calculus Analysis; Conceptual knowledge; Cross cultural studies; Functions; High school, 9 12; Secondary mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244309153     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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