Prospective middle school mathematics teachers' preconceptions of geometric translations

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-260

  Yanik, H Bahadir ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geometric translations; Preconceptions; Prospective middle school mathematics teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053318538     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-011-9324-3     Document Type: Article

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