Some reflections on mathematics classroom notebooks and their relationship to the public and private nature of student practices

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-112

  Fried, Michael N ^a   Amit, Miriam ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Journals; Mathematics classroom notebooks; Public and private domains; Transactional and expressive writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843056901     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025572900956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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