Skemp, Richard R.

The psychology of learning mathematics [by] Richard R. Skemp. - 2nd ed. - [Harmondsworth, Eng : Baltimore] : Penguin Books, 1986 - 295 p. : illus. 18 cm. - Pelican books, .

the formation of mathematical concepts;
the idea of a schema;
intuitive and reflective intelligence;
symbols;
different kinds of imagery;
interpersonal and emotional factors;
the naming of numbers;
two more key ideas;
a need for new numbers;
further expansions of the number schema;
algebra and problem solving;
mappings and function;
generalizing some geometrical ideas


9780140226683


Mathematics--Study and teaching.

510/.7/1 / S6276