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Niss, M. (2004). Key Issues and Trends in Research on Mathematical Education. In: Fujita, H., Hashimoto, Y., Hodgson, B.R., Lee, P.Y., Lerman, S., Sawada, T. (eds) Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7910-9_3

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