Developing "deliberate analysis" for learning mathematics and for mathematics teacher education: How the enactive approach to cognition frames reflection

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Brown, Laurinda ^a   Coles, Alf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate analysis; Enactivism; Mathematics education; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859264434     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9389-7     Document Type: Article

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