Interactions with diagrams and the making of reasoned conjectures in geometry

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 129-139

  Herbst, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33645063686     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02655665     Document Type: Article

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