Mathematics education research, its nature, and its purpose:A discussion of lester's paper

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-62

  Harel, Guershon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 38549147127     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02655906     Document Type: Article

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