Young peoples' ideas of infinity

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 239-257

  Monaghan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infinity; Pre university; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244444359     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016090925967     Document Type: Article

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