The functional use of a mathematical sign

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 81-102

  Berger, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Functional use; Meaning through use; University level mathematics; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543037643     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000017672.49486.f2     Document Type: Article

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