Situating graphs as workplace knowledge

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-384

  Noss, Richard ^a   Bakker, Arthur ^a   Hoyles, Celia ^b   Kent, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphs; Situated abstraction; Technology; Transparency; Workplace mathematical knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947727007     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9058-9     Document Type: Article

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