Imagining the mathematician: Young people talking about popular representations of maths

Discourse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Epstein, Debbie ^a   Mendick, Heather ^b   Moreau, Marie Pierre ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Images of mathematicians; Mathematics; Mathematics education; Popular culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949500846     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300903465419     Document Type: Article

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