If learning maths requires a teacher, where did the first teachers come from?

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition - A Symposium at the AISB 2010 Convention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 30-39

  Sloman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; DESIGN TASKS; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; LANGUAGE LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS; PROGRESS REPORT; ROBOT DESIGNS; SUPPORT INTERACTION; U-SHAPED;

MACHINE DESIGN; ONTOLOGY; SCHEDULING;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

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