GRAPHICACY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN TRANSLATING INFORMATION

Representational Systems and Practices as Learning Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-224

  Pérez Echeverría, María Del Puy ^a   Postigo, Yolanda ^a   Pecharromán, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789087905286_013     Document Type: Chapter

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