BRAIN ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSLATION BETWEEN GRAPHICAL AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF FUNCTIONS IN GENERALLY GIFTED AND EXCELLING IN MATHEMATICS ADOLESCENTS

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 669-696

  Waisman, Ilana ^a   Leikin, Mark ^a   Shaul, Shelley ^a   Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

event related potentials (ERP); excellence in mathematics; functions; giftedness; graphical and symbolic representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902003299     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-014-9513-5     Document Type: Article

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