Improving mathematics at work: The need for techno-mathematical literacies

Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-208

  Hoyles, Celia ^a   Noss, Richard ^a   Kent, Phillip ^a   Bakker, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84917182852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203854655     Document Type: Book

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