MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY AND GIFTEDNESS IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS

Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 309-324

  Even, Ruhama ^a   Karsenty, Ronnie ^a   Friedlander, Alex ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789087909352_020     Document Type: Chapter

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