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This article illustrates the analysis of chat sessions using Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic sign relation. The episodes presented here are from a project called ‘Math-Chat’, which is based on the use of mathematical inscriptions in an experimental setting.
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Schreiber, C. (2016). Semiotic Analysis of Collective Problem-Solving Processes using Digital Media. In: Sáenz-Ludlow, A., Kadunz, G. (eds) Semiotics as a Tool for Learning Mathematics. Semiotic Perspectives in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-337-7_9
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