The purpose, design and use of examples in the teaching of elementary mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-163

  Rowland, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elementary; Examples; Mathematics; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549113775     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9148-y     Document Type: Article

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