Developing an analytic lens for investigating identity as an embedder-of-numeracy

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Bennison, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Across the curriculum; Identity; Numeracy; Sociocultural perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924359620     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: 2211050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13394-014-0129-4     Document Type: Article

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