Conceptual learning in a principled design problem solving environment

Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-285

  Prusak, Naomi ^a   Hershkowitz, Rina ^b   Schwarz, Baruch B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

early geometry learning; problem solving; task design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889666058     PISSN: 14794802     EISSN: 17540178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794802.2013.836379     Document Type: Article

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