Approaching functions: Cabri tools as instruments of semiotic mediation

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-333

  Falcade, Rossana ^a   Laborde, Colette ^b   Mariotti, Maria Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Cabri g om tre; Covariation; Dragging tool; Dynamic geometry environment; Function; Semiotic mediation; Trace tool; Trajectory; Variable

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548509930     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9072-y     Document Type: Article

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