Abstracting processes, from individuals' constructing of knowledge to a group's "shared knowledge"

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-68

  Hershkowitz, Rina ^a   Hadas, Nurit ^a   Dreyfus, Tommy ^c   Schwarz, Baruch B ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 77952093667     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03217455     Document Type: Article

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