A contemporary analysis of the six "Theories of Mathematics Education" theses of Hans-Georg Steiner

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 155-163

  Törner, Günter ^a   Sriraman, Bharath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 84867442319     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-006-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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