Music as embodied mathematics: A study of a mutually informing affinity

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-160

  Bamberger, Jeanne ^a   Disessa, Andrea ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit knowledge; Mathematics in music; Multiple representations; Musical cognition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICS IN MUSIC; MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS; MUSIC; MUSICAL COGNITION;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

EID: 0346317159     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJCO.0000003872.84260.96     Document Type: Article

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