An analytic conception of equation and teachers' views of school algebra

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-100

  Chazan, Daniel ^a   Yerushalmy, Michal ^b   Leikin, Roza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curricular change; Equation; Function; Graphing technology; Mathematics teachers' knowledge; School algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349162130     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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