Establishing Appropriate Conditions: Students Learning to Apply a Theorem

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 927-953

  Scataglini Belghitar, Giovanna ^a   Mason, John ^b,c,d  

^a BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

appropriate conditions; attention; coming to mind; example construction; examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864309644     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-011-9305-0     Document Type: Article

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