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The documentary method and «mental representation»

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On Meaning and Mental Representation

Part of the book series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education ((NDMS,volume 1))

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In chapter 7, I present a way in which we can understand what STEM researchers have come to call “«meaning» making” to denote the increasing familiarity and appropriateness with which learners use certain words and expression that relate to an academic field.

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Roth, WM. (2013). The documentary method and «mental representation». In: On Meaning and Mental Representation. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-251-8_9

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