The use of creative problem solving scenarios in mathematics education: views of some prospective teachers

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1628-1635

  Kandemir, Mehmet Ali ^a   Gür, Hülya ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Creative problem solving; Creative thinking; Mathematics education; Problem solving; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649283165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770428     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.286     Document Type: Article

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