Teacher approaches to graphing a difficult cubic function

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Brown, Jill Patricia. (2004). Teacher approaches to graphing a difficult cubic function. In I. Putt, R. Faragher and M. McLean (Ed.). Mathematics Education for the third millennium: Towards 2010, Proceedings of the 27th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Townsville, Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. pp. 111 - 118
AuthorsBrown, Jill Patricia
KeywordsCurriculum and Pedagogy;--Mathematics and Numeracy;--Secondary education;--Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Year2004
PublisherMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Web address (URL)http://www.merga.net.au/documents/RP112004.pdf
Open accessOpen access
Page range111 - 118
ISBN1920846042
Research GroupSchool of Education
Place of publicationTownsville, Australia
EditorsI. Putt, R. Faragher and M. McLean
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