Symbol sense with a symbolic-graphical system: A story in three rounds

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-203

  Zehavi, Nurit ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer Algebra System (CAS); Implicit plotting; Instrumentation; Symbol sense

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942584847     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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