Steering (dis)course between metaphors and rigor: Using focal analysis to investigate an emergence of mathematical objects

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 296-327

  Sfard, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive theory; Collaborative learning; Communication; Computer assisted learning; Discourse analysis; Language and mathematics; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518580     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749809     Document Type: Article

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