Bridging the Gap Between the Dense and the Discrete: The Number Line and the "Rubber Line" Bridging Analogy

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-284

  Vamvakoussi, Xenia ^a   Vosniadou, Stella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84867559158     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2012.717378     Document Type: Article

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