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Martín-Fernández, E., Ruiz-Hidalgo, J. F., & Rico, L. (2019). Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(12), em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490

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Martín-Fernández E, Ruiz-Hidalgo JF, Rico L. Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(12):em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490

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Martín-Fernández E, Ruiz-Hidalgo JF, Rico L. Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(12), em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490

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Martín-Fernández, Enrique, Juan Francisco Ruiz-Hidalgo, and Luis Rico. "Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2019 15 no. 12 (2019): em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490

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Martín-Fernández, E., Ruiz-Hidalgo, J. F., and Rico, L. (2019). Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(12), em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490

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Martín-Fernández, Enrique et al. "Meaning and Understanding of School Mathematical Concepts by Secondary Students: The Study of Sine and Cosine". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 15, no. 12, 2019, em1782. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/110490