Learning mathematics : the cognitive science approach to mathematics education /
Robert B. Davis.
- Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., 1984.
- viii, 392 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
1. Mathematics and mathematics education 2. What is mathematics? 3. The role of theory in science 4. Basic concepts 5. What needs to be explained? 6. Data collection 7. Procedures / the regularity of student errors 8. A few commonly-shared frames 9. A not-common-shared frame 10. To put it simply 11. The )'hare airport solution 12. Assembly 13. Using pre-mathematical frames 14. Neither words nor pictures 15. Representations 16. Searching 17. The real time construction of representations 18. Retrieval, construction and mapping 19. Recognition problems 20. What is problem solving? 21. The paradigm teaching strategy 22. Some classical errors 23. Deficiencies in typical school curricula 24. Where do we stand today? 25. The cognitive science approach to mathematics education
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Mathematics--Study and teaching. Cognition in children. Cognitive science.