An operational definition of learning

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Harel, Guershon ^a   Koichu, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conceptual and operational definitions; DNR instructional principles; Learning; Problem posing; Teacher knowledge; Understanding of fractions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957865965     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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