Black boxes in workplace mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-343

  Williams, Julian ^a   Wake, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black boxes; Case studies; Cultural historical activity theory; Maths in work; Situated cognition; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846847970     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9039-z     Document Type: Article

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