Broadening the sense of 'dynamic': A microworld to support students' mathematical generalisation

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-503

  Noss, Richard ^a   Hoyles, Celia ^a   Mavrikis, Manolis ^a   Geraniou, Eirini ^a   Gutierrez Santos, Sergio ^a   Pearce, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70450139745     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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