Deficit or difference? the role of students' epistemologies of mathematics in their interactions with proof

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-393

  Solomon, Yvette ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemic fluency; Epistemologies; Mathematics community of practice; Proof; Transition from pre university to undergraduate mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744504635     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-6927-1     Document Type: Article

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