Implications of competing interpretations of practice for research and theory in mathematics education

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 283-313

  Even, Ruhama ^a   Schwarz, Baruch B ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Research methodology; Theory and practice; Verbal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843139463     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:educ.0000006166.50134.7a     Document Type: Article

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