Students' perceived sociomathematical norms: The missing paradigm

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 171-187

  Levenson, Esther ^a   Tirosh, Dina ^a   Tsamir, Pessia ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Mathematically based explanations; Perceived norms; Practically based explanation; Sociomathematical norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350198008     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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