Impact of authenticity on sense making in word problem solving

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-58

  Palm, Torulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Beliefs; Real life; Sense making; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649017379     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-007-9083-3     Document Type: Article

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