The embodied, proceptual, and formal worlds in the context of functions

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-252

  Christou, Constantinos ^a   Pitta Pantazi, Demetra ^a   Souyoul, Alkeos ^b   Zachariades, Theodossios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 85011463438     PISSN: 14926156     EISSN: 19424051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14926150509556656     Document Type: Article

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