The Nature of Mathematical Thinking (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)
Language: English
Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, NJ, 1996
Series: Book 25 of 46 - Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
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335pp., xiv. First paperback printing, with '1' in number line. Contributors: John B. Carroll, "Mathematical Abilities: Some Results From Factor Analysis"; Richard E. Mayer and Mary Hegarty, "The Process of Understanding Mathematical Problems"; Talia Ben-Zeev, "When Erroneous Mathematical Thinking Is Just as "Correct": The Oxymoron of Rational Errors"; Kevin F. Miller and David R. Paredes, "On the Shoulders of Giants: Cultural Tools and Mathematical Development"; Geoffrey B. Saxe, Venus Dawson, Randy Fall, Sharon Howard, "Culture and Children's Mathematical Thinking"; David C. Geary, "Biology, Culture, and Cross-National Differences in Mathematical Ability"; Herbert P. Ginsburg, "Toby's Math"; John D. Bransford, Linda Zech, Daniel Schwartz, et al., "Fostering Mathematical Thinking in Middle School Students: Lessons From Research"; Tommy Dreyfus and Theodore Eisenberg, "On Different Facets of Mathematical Thinking"; Charles Rickart, "Structuralism and Mathematical Thinking"; Robert J. Sternberg, "What is Mathematical Thinking?" References at ends of essays; Author Index, pp. 319-325; Subject Index, pp. 327-335. Glossy mauve wraps with black box for white title lettering, editors' names in white letters over black across bottom front cover; most of cover being illustrated with many columns of overlapping numbers in alternating pink and olive, superimposed over mauve background. Minor Black ink marking on four pages (of 335 pages) of text: (1) p. 23 (3 1/2 lines, neatly done); (2, 3) pp. 255f (1 3/4 lines, spilling onto p. 256 [3/5 line at top of page]); (4) 1/4" line in paragraph indent space near bottom of page); 1" vertical line in margin of p. 254, emphasizing single-spaced and indented quoted paragraph cited by essay author, ELSE clean text. Tiniest of tips of wear at corners (TEENY, nugatory, bit of glossy surface peeled back from color at cover corners); very small 1/4" light gray smudge at top right front cover; previous owner name and purchase date discreetly at top right ffep/half-title page. Solid copy: tight binding, essentially sharp corners, essentially clean text with only nugatory underlining on 4 pp of 335. …
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- Title
- The Nature of Mathematical Thinking (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)
- Author
- Sternberg, Robert J. and Talia Ben-Zeev, eds.
- Publisher
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, NJ
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805817999
- ISBN 13
- 9780805817997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 25 of 46: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as adults have been failures at math in school? How come some professional mathematicians suffer terribly when trying to balance a checkbook? And why do school children in the United States perform so dismally in international comparisons? These are the kinds of real questions the editors set out to answer, or at least address, in editing this book on mathematical thinking. Their goal was to seek a diversity of contributors representing multiple viewpoints whose expertise might converge on the answers to these and other pressing and interesting questions regarding this subject.
The chapter authors were asked to focus on their own approach to mathematical thinking, but also to address a common core of issues such as the nature of mathematical thinking, how it is similar to and different from other kinds of thinking, what makes some people or some groups better than others in this subject area, and how mathematical thinking can be assessed and taught. Their work is directed to a diverse audience -- psychologists interested in the nature of mathematical thinking and abilities, computer scientists who want to simulate mathematical thinking, educators involved in teaching and testing mathematical thinking, philosophers who need to understand the qualitative aspects of logical thinking, anthropologists and others interested in how and why mathematical thinking seems to differ in quality across cultures, and laypeople and others who have to think mathematically and want to understand how they are going to accomplish that feat.
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