Cognitive Science and Mathematics Education

Name: Cognitive Science and Mathematics Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Cognitive Science and Mathematics EducationAuthor(s): Alan H. Schoenfeld\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138175259, 978-1138175259\nSynopsis\nThis volume is a result of mathematicians, cognitive scientists, mathematics educators, and classroom teachers combining their efforts to help address issues of importance to classroom instruction in mathematics. In so doing, the contributors provide a general introduction to fundamental ideas in cognitive science, plus an overview of cognitive theory and its direct implications for mathematics education. A practical, no-nonsense attempt to bring recent research within reach for practicing teachers, this book also raises many issues for cognitive researchers to consider.