Try to See It My Way 1: The Discursive Function of Idiosyncratic Mathematical Metaphor

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-80

  Abrahamson, Dor ^a   Gutiérrez, José F ^a   Baddorf, Anna K ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

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EID: 84855932267     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2012.625076     Document Type: Article

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