Cognitive styles, dynamic geometry and measurement performance

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-26

  Pitta Pantazi, Demetra ^a   Christou, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Analytic; Area; Cognitive style; Dynamic geometry; Imager; Verbaliser; Wholist

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849096570     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9139-z     Document Type: Article

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