Presents the latest research on how reasoning with analogies, metaphors, metonymies, and images can facilitate mathematical understanding. For math education, educational psychology, and cognitive science scholars.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 1997-08-12
Language: English
Number of Pages: 392
Edition: 1
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
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