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Download full textNunez, Rafael E. – 2000
This paper gives a brief introduction to a discipline called the cognitive science of mathematics. The theoretical background of the arguments is based on embodied cognition and findings in cognitive linguistics. It discusses Mathematical Idea Analysis, a set of techniques for studying implicit structures in mathematics. Particular attention is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Representation
