Creativity, flexibility, adaptivity, and strategy use in mathematics

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 619-625

  Selter, Christoph ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84867359165     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0203-7     Document Type: Article

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