Concept image revisited

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-35

  Bingolbali, Erhan ^a   Monaghan, John ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept definition; Concept image; Derivative; Institution; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549100988     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-007-9112-2     Document Type: Article

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