What makes a counterexample exemplary?

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-208

  Zazkis, Rina ^a   Chernoff, Egan J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridging example; Cognitive conflict; Conceptual change; Example space; Pivotal example; Proof scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349123476     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-007-9110-4     Document Type: Article

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