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Mathematics, modelling and students in transition 数学，建模和学生的过渡

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW015

G. Wake

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引用次数: 7

Contradictions between and within school and university activity systems helping to explain students’ difficulty with advanced mathematics 学校和大学活动系统之间和内部的矛盾有助于解释学生的高等数学困难

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrw014

Kamila Jooganah;Julian S. Williams

引用次数: 10

Mathematics, modelling and students in transition 数学、建模与转型期学生

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrw015

Geoff Wake

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引用次数: 7

Mathematics teachers’ and students’ perceptions of transmissionist teaching and its association with students’ dispositions 数学教师和学生对传递教学的认知及其与学生性格的关系

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrw007

Maria Pampaka;Julian Williams

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引用次数: 16

Mathematics teachers’ and students’ perceptions of transmissionist teaching and its association with students’ dispositions 数学师生对传输式教学的认知及其与学生倾向的关联

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW007

M. Pampaka, J. Williams

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引用次数: 16

Introduction to the Special Issue on the transition to mathematically demanding programmes in higher education 关于高等教育向数学要求高的课程过渡的特刊导论

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW017

L. Black, J. Williams

引用次数: 0

Contradictions between and within school and university activity systems helping to explain students' difficulty with advanced mathematics 学校和大学活动系统之间和内部的矛盾有助于解释学生在高等数学方面的困难

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW014

K. Jooganah, J. Williams

引用次数: 8

Gaining modelling and mathematical experience by constructing virtual sensory systems in maze-videogames* 通过构建迷宫电子游戏中的虚拟感官系统获得建模和数学经验*

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-08-21 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW019

A. I. Sacristán, Angel Pretelín-Ricárdez

引用次数: 2

Emphasizing visualization and physical applications in the study of eigenvectors and eigenvalues 强调在特征向量和特征值研究中的可视化和物理应用

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-08-04 DOI: 10.1093/TEAMAT/HRW018

M. Beltrán-Meneu, M. Murillo‐Arcila, L. Albarracín

引用次数: 7

Teacher’s representational fluency in a context of technology use 技术使用背景下教师的表征流利性

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrw005

Helena Rocha

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引用次数: 5