Reinventing solutions to systems of linear differential equations: A case of emergent models involving analytic expressions

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-210

  Rasmussen, Chris ^a   Blumenfeld, Howard ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Proportional reasoning; Realistic mathematics education; Student thinking; Undergraduate mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348987202     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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