Overview
- Provides a "corrective" experience for those who've had a negative experience with mathematics education
- Educates current and perspective mathematics teachers on optimal approaches for connecting with students at various levels
- Draws from experience of a decades-long career in mathematics
Part of the book series: Mathematics in Mind (MATHMIN)
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About this book
This book examines the critical roles and effects of mathematics education. The exposition draws from the author’s forty-year mathematics career, integrating his research in the psychology of mathematical thinking into an overview of the true definition of math. The intention for the reader is to undergo a “corrective” experience, obtaining a clear message on how mathematical thinking tools can help all people cope with everyday life. For those who have struggled with math in the past, the book also aims to clarify that math learning difficulties are likely a result of improper pedagogy as opposed to any lack of intelligence on the part of the student. This personal treatise will be of interest to a variety of readers, from mathematics teachers and those who train them to those with an interest in education but who may lack a solid math background.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematics, Education, and Other Endangered Species
Book Subtitle: From Intuition to Inhibition
Authors: Shlomo Vinner
Series Title: Mathematics in Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90035-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90034-6Published: 08 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90035-3Published: 26 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2522-5405
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5413
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 141
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics Education