Proofs produced by secondary school students learning geometry in a dynamic computer environment

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 87-125

  Marrades, Ramón ^a   Gutiérrez, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cabri; Computer learning environment; Dynamic geometry software; Geometry; Justification; Proof; Secondary school; Teaching experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544367265     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012785106627     Document Type: Article

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