THE IMPACT OF NOTATION ON COGNITION & ITS DEVELOPMENT: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES & EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE1 Theorizing

Notational Knowledge: Developmental and Historical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 233-255

  Eskritt, Michelle ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789087903183_012     Document Type: Chapter

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