Deductive reasoning: In the eye of the beholder

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-247

  Ayalon, Michal ^a   Even, Ruhama ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approaches; Deductive reasoning; Logical thinking; Mathematics educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849125007     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9136-2     Document Type: Article

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