Iconicity and contraction: A semiotic investigation of forms of algebraic generalizations of patterns in different contexts

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-96

  Radford, Luis ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algebraic thinking; Contraction; Generalization; Iconicity; Meaning; Objectification; Semiotics; Signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349811471     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-007-0061-0     Document Type: Article

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