A study of prospective primary teachers' conceptions of teaching and learning school geometry

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-436

  Barrantes, Manuel ^a   Blanco, Lorenzo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Geometry; Prospective primary teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947656455     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-006-9016-6     Document Type: Article

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