Flexibility and coordination among acts of visualization and analysis in a pattern generalization activity

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-205

  Nilsson, Per ^a   Juter, Kristina ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analysis; Coordination; Flexibility; Pattern generalization; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053183255     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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