Metaphor and Numerical Diagrams in the Arithmetical Activity of a Fourth-Grade Class

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-56

  Sáenz Ludlow, Adalira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Children's strategies; Language and mathematics; Number sense; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347569337     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30034802     Document Type: Article

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