A model of reading comprehension of geometry proof

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-76

  Yang, Kai Lin ^a   Lin, Fou Lai ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geometry proof; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649007391     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-007-9080-6     Document Type: Article

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