Secondary school mathematics teacher's professional knowledge: A case from the teaching of the concept of function

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-62

  Llinares, Salvador ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

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EID: 3943084162     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135406000114744     Document Type: Article

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