Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

Full Length Research Paper

Students’ perceptions and development of conceptual understanding regarding trigonometry and trigonometric function

Omer Faruk CETIN
  • Omer Faruk CETIN
  • Erzincan University Education Faculty, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 25 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 29 January 2015
  •  Published: 10 February 2015

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