Problem solving activity in the workplace and the school: The case of constructing solids

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-315

  Jurdak, Murad ^a   Shahin, Iman ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 33749570830     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015106804646     Document Type: Article

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