Characterizing practices associated with functions in middle school textbooks: An empirical approach

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 255-286

  Mesa, Vilma ^a  

^a 3300 School of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptions; functions; middle school; practices; textbook analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544301214     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000040409.63571.56     Document Type: Article

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