Metaphors and models in translation between college and workplace mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-371

  Williams, Julian ^a   Wake, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Discourse; Mathematical genres; Metaphors; Modelling; Models; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846850470     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-006-9040-6     Document Type: Article

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