Argumentation and mathematics

Educational Dialogues: Understanding and Promoting Productive interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-127

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203863510     Document Type: Chapter

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