1. Abstraction in mathematics learning

   • Michael Mitchelmore
   • Paul White

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 9

2. Schematising activities as a means for encouraging young children to think abstractly

   • Bert van Oers
   • Mariëlle Poland

   Articles Pages: 10 - 22

3. Abstraction as a natural process of mental compression

   • Eddie Gray
   • David Tall

   Articles Pages: 23 - 40

4. Abstracting processes, from individuals’ constructing of knowledge to a group’s “shared knowledge”

   • Rina Hershkowitz
   • Nurit Hadas
   • Baruch Schwarz

   Articles Pages: 41 - 68

5. Abstracting in the context of Spontaneous Learning

   • Gaye Williams

   Articles Pages: 69 - 88

6. A dialectical approach to the formation of mathematical abstractions

   • Mehmet Fatih Ozmantar
   • John Monaghan

   Articles Pages: 89 - 112