Analogies, metaphors, and images: Vehicles for mathematical reasoning

Mathematical Reasoning: Analogies, Metaphors, and Images

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-18

  English, Lyn D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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