The mediation of tools in the development of formal mathematical concepts: The compass and the circle as an example

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-293

  Chassapis, Dimitris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 54649083845     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003696507155     Document Type: Article

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