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  1. Faculty of Education, Monash University (Peninsula Campus), PO Box 527, Frankston, Vic. 3199, Australia

    Wee Tiong Seah

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  1. Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia

    Philip Clarkson

  2. Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University, 313 Stevenson Hall, Normal IL 61790-4520, USA

    Norma Presmeg

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Seah, W.T. (2008). Valuing Values in Mathematics Education. In: Clarkson, P., Presmeg, N. (eds) Critical Issues in Mathematics Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09673-5_17

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