Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics on the Internet

Educational Studies in Mathematics - Tập 58 Số 2 - Trang 253-276 - 2005
Johann Engelbrecht1, Ansie Harding1
1Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

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