EXPLORING MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY USING MULTIPLE SOLUTION TASKS

Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-145

  Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 85126373534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087909352_010     Document Type: Chapter

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