DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY – QUESTIONS MAY BE THE ANSWER

Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-100

  Sheffield, Linda Jensen ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952417107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087909352_007     Document Type: Chapter

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