Changing Students' Conceptions of Mathematics through the Introduction of Variation |
Wong, Ngai-Ying
(Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Kong, Chit-Kwong (Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, Chinese University of Hong Kong) Lam, Chi-Chung (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Hong Kong Institute of Education) Wong, Ka-Ming Patrick (Faculty of Engineering Technologies, North Glasgow College) |
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