Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Mathematics Teachers in Transition
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Fennema, Barbara Scott Nelson
May 01, 1997
This book addresses the need of professional development leaders and policymakers for scholarly knowledge about influencing teachers to modify mathematical instruction to bring it more in alignment with the recommendations of the current reform movement initiated by the National Council of Teachers...
The Nature of Mathematical Thinking
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert J. Sternberg, Talia Ben-Zeev
September 01, 1996
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 ...
The Emergence of Mathematical Meaning: interaction in Classroom Cultures
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Cobb, Heinrich Bauersfeld
May 01, 1995
This book grew out of a five-year collaboration between groups of American and German mathematics educators. The central issue addressed accounting for the messiness and complexity of mathematics learning and teaching as it occurs in classroom situations. The individual chapters are based on the ...
Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan H. Schoenfeld, Alan H. Sloane
September 01, 1994
In the early 1980s there was virtually no serious communication among the various groups that contribute to mathematics education -- mathematicians, mathematics educators, classroom teachers, and cognitive scientists. Members of these groups came from different traditions, had different ...