Geometrical representations in the learning of two-variable functions

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Trigueros, Maria ^a   Martínez Planell, Rafael ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

APOS; Graphic representation; Representations; Schema; Two variable functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149119725     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-009-9201-5     Document Type: Article

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