Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit

New ICMI Study Series

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 79-88

  Galbraith, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling Competence; Modelling Task; Notable Achievement; Prospective Teacher; Word Problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884643474     PISSN: 13876872     EISSN: 22151745     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29822-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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