International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education

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APA

Marx, C., Roesch, S., Moeller, K., & Benz, C. (2025). From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(1), em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677

Vancouver

Marx C, Roesch S, Moeller K, Benz C. From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(1):em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677

AMA

Marx C, Roesch S, Moeller K, Benz C. From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2025;20(1), em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677

Chicago

Marx, Caroline, Stephanie Roesch, Korbinian Moeller, and Christiane Benz. "From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2025 20 no. 1 (2025): em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677

Harvard

Marx, C., Roesch, S., Moeller, K., and Benz, C. (2025). From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 20(1), em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677

MLA

Marx, Caroline et al. "From the whole to its parts – A systematic analysis of affordances for learning part-whole-relations in digital apps". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 20, no. 1, 2025, em0802. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/15677