Intuitive nonexamples: The case of triangles

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-95

  Tsamir, Pessia ^a   Tirosh, Dina ^a   Levenson, Esther ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concept formation; Intuition; Kindergarten children; Nonexamples; Triangles

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549113129     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9133-5     Document Type: Article

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