Assessing Students' Understanding of Functions in a Graphing Calculator Environment

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 451-456

  Beckmann, Charlene E ^a   Thompson, Denisse R ^b   Senk, Sharon L ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960500979     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1999.tb17508.x     Document Type: Article

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