This book is the first major study of advanced mathematical thinking as performed by mathematicians and taught to students in senior high school and university. Its three main parts focus on the nature of advanced mathematical thinking, the theory of its cognitive development, and reviews of cog
Advanced Mathematical Thinking
β Scribed by David Tall (eds.)
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers;Springer;Kluwer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 310
- Series
- Mathematics education library 11
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This book is the first major study of advanced mathematical thinking as performed by mathematicians and taught to students in senior high school and university. Topics covered include the psychology of advanced mathematical thinking, the processes involved, mathematical creativity, proof, the role of definitions, symbols, and reflective abstraction. It is highly appropriate for the college professor in mathematics or the general mathematics educator.
β¦ Subjects
MATEMATICAS -- ASPECTOS PSICOLOGICOS;MATEMTICAS -- ESTUDIO Y ENSENΜANZA
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This book is the first major study of advanced mathematical thinking as performed by mathematicians and taught to students in senior high school and university. Its three main parts focus on the nature of advanced mathematical thinking, the theory of its cognitive development, and reviews of cogniti
Explores the psychology of thinking about post-secondary level mathematics, suggesting that the way it is taught does not correspond to the way it is learned. Addressed to mathematicians and educators in mathematics, considers the nature and cognitive theory of advanced mathematical thinking, and re