Students' conception of infinite series

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-249

  Martínez Planell, Rafael ^a   Gonzalez, Ana Carmen ^a   DiCristina, Gladys ^a   Acevedo, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

APOS theory; Conceptions; Infinite sequence; Infinite series; Limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865998930     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9401-2     Document Type: Article

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