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  1. Haifa, Israel

    Shmuel Avital & Rodney T. Hansen

  2. Bopeman, Montana, USA

    Shmuel Avital & Rodney T. Hansen

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This paper was written while the authors were on visiting appointments at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

The authors wish to thank Professor H. Freudenthal for valuable remarks concerning the first version of this paper.

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Avital, S., Hansen, R.T. Mathematical induction in the classroom. Educational Studies in Mathematics 7, 399–411 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452222

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