Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving (Paperback)

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 perspectives, and rarely gathered in the same place to discuss issues of common interest. Part of the problem was that there was no common ground for the discussions -- given the disparate traditions and perspectives.
As one way of addressing this problem, the Sloan Foundation funded two conferences in the mid-1980s, bringing together members of the different communities in a ground clearing effort, designed to establish a base for communication. In those conferences, interdisciplinary teams reviewed major topic areas and put together distillations of what was known about them.*
A more recent conference -- upon which this volume is based -- offered a forum in which various people involved in education reform would present their work, and members of the broad communities gathered would comment on it. The focus was primarily on college mathematics, informed by developments in K-12 mathematics. The main issues of the conference were mathematical thinking and problem solving.

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	Alan H. Schoenfeld • Alan H. Sloane
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-0990-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
LSN:	0-8058-0990-2
Barcode:	9780805809909

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