BRIDGING RESEARCH AND THEORY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION WITH RESEARCH AND THEORY IN CREATIVITY AND GIFTEDNESS

Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 385-411

  Leikin, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 85142821516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087909352_024     Document Type: Chapter

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