Procedural embodiment and magic in linear equations

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  De Lima, Rosana Nogueira ^a   Tall, David ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Linear equations; Procedural embodiment; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649015316     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-007-9086-0     Document Type: Article

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