Creativity and mathematics education: The state of the art

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-166

  Leikin, Roza ^a   Pitta Pantazi, Demetra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Creativity; Mathematics creativity; Research methods and approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892890738     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-012-0459-1     Document Type: Review

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