Mathematical imagination and embodied cognition

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-174

  Nemirovsky, Ricardo ^a,b   Ferrara, Francesca ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Gesture; Mathematical imagination; Tool use; Trigonometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349161013     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9150-4     Document Type: Article

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