The 'numbers are points on the line' analogy: Does it have an instructional value?

Use of Representations in Reasoning and Problem Solving: Analysis and Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-224

  Vamvakoussi, Xenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203847824     Document Type: Chapter

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