Approaches to the teaching of creative and non-creative mathematical problems

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-79

  Chiu, Mei Shiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Classroom practice; Creative mathematics teaching; Repertory grid technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849096647     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-007-9112-9     Document Type: Article

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