Understanding in mathematics /

The concept of understanding in mathematics with regard to mathematics education is considered in this volume, the main problem for mathematics teachers being how to facilitate their students' understanding of the mathematics being taught.

Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Sierpinska, Anna
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer, 1994.
Reeks:Studies in mathematics education series ; 2.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=80358
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface by Series Editor; Introduction; Understanding and Meaning; Meaning; Components and Conditions of an Act of Understanding; What Could Be an Act of Understanding?; Components of an Act of Understanding; Psychological Conditions of an Act of Understanding; Social Conditions of an Act of Understanding; What Understanding Is Not; Processes of Understanding; Reasonings; Explanation and Understanding; The Role of Example and the Medium in Which It Is Presented for Understanding; Figures of Speech in Understanding.