Connecting the equals sign

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-325

  Jones, Ian ^a   Pratt, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equals sign; Equivalence; Microworld

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARITHMETICAL OBJECTS; EQUALS SIGN; MATHEMATICAL EQUIVALENCE; MICROWORLD;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846596063     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10758-006-9107-6     Document Type: Article

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