MATHEMATICS TEACHERS' CHOICES OF EXAMPLES THAT POTENTIALLY SUPPORT OR IMPEDE LEARNINGFootnote1

1. This research was supported by Israel Science Foundation (grant 834/04, O. Zaslavsky PI).

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