Joel Hillel, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Mathematical meaning and students' interpretations of computer representations of linear algebra concepts in specially designed didactic situations
SSHRC · 1999 · Co-investigator
$87,200
Meaning and communication in linear algebra: the case of the teaching and learning of the notion of linear operator and its eigenvalues with the computer algebra system MAPLE
SSHRC · 1996 · Co-investigator
$35,000

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Mathematical meaning and students' interpretations of computer representations of linear algebra concepts in specially designed didactic situations

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sierpinska, Anna

Keywords: Linear algebra; computer environments of human learning; fundamental situations; cabri-geometry II

$87,200

Meaning and communication in linear algebra: the case of the teaching and learning of the notion of linear operator and its eigenvalues with the computer algebra system MAPLE

Co-investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sierpinska, Anna

Keywords: linear algebra; eigenvalues; communication; interactionism; discourse; epistemology; computer algebra systems

$35,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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