Prospective teachers' conceptions of mathematical definitions: Are definitions arbitrary?

2018-07-08
42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

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Citation Formats
M. Dilberoğlu and E. Çakıroğlu, “Prospective teachers’ conceptions of mathematical definitions: Are definitions arbitrary?,” Umea, İsveç, 2018, vol. 5, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/93556.