Investigating pupils' images of Mathematicians

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-94

  Picker, Susan H ^a   Berry, John S ^b  

^a Office of Mathematics Initiatives ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Draw a mathematician; Pupils' images of mathematicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547483043     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017523230758     Document Type: Article

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