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• catalog abstract "Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as adults have been failures at math in school? How come some professional mathematicians suffer terribly when trying to balance a checkbook? And why do school children in the United States perform so dismally in international comparisons? These are the kinds of real questions the editors set out to answer, or at least address, in editing this book on mathematical thinking. Their goal was to seek a diversity of contributors representing multiple viewpoints whose expertise might converge on the answers to these and other pressing and interesting questions regarding this subject. The chapter authors were asked to focus on their own approach to mathematical thinking, but also to address a common core of issues such as the nature of mathematical thinking, how it is similar to and different from other kinds of thinking, what makes some people or some groups better than others in this subject area, and how mathematical thinking can be assessed and taught. Their work is directed to a diverse audience -- psychologists interested in the nature of mathematical thinking and abilities, computer scientists who want to simulate mathematical thinking, educators involved in teaching and testing mathematical thinking, philosophers who need to understand the qualitative aspects of logical thinking, anthropologists and others interested in how and why mathematical thinking seems to differ in quality across cultures, and laypeople and others who have to think mathematically and want to understand how they are going to accomplish that feat.".
• catalog contributor b9903641.
• catalog contributor b9903642.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
• catalog description "Mathematical abilities: some results from factor analysis / John B. Carroll -- The Process of understanding mathematical problems / Richard E. Mayer and Mary Hegarty -- When erroneous mathematical thinking is just as 'correct': the oxymoron of rational errors / Talia Ben-Zeev -- On the shoulders of giants: cultural tools and mathematical development / Kevin F. Miller and David R. Paredes -- Culture and children's mathematical thinking / Geoffrey B. Saxe [and others] -- Biology, culture, and cross-national differences in mathematical ability / David C. Geary -- Toby's math / Herbert P. Ginsburg -- Fostering mathematical thinking in middle school students: lessons from research / John D. Bransford [et al.] -- On different facets of mathematical thinking / Tommy Dreyfus and Theodore Eisenberg -- Structuralism and mathematical thinking / Charles Rickart -- What is mathematical thinking? / Robert J. Sternberg.".
• catalog description "Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as adults have been failures at math in school? How come some professional mathematicians suffer terribly when trying to balance a checkbook? And why do school children in the United States perform so dismally in international comparisons? These are the kinds of real questions the editors set out to answer, or at least address, in editing this book on mathematical thinking. Their goal was to seek a diversity of contributors representing multiple viewpoints whose expertise might converge on the answers to these and other pressing and interesting questions regarding this subject. The chapter authors were asked to focus on their own approach to mathematical thinking, but also to address a common core of issues such as the nature of mathematical thinking, how it is similar to and different from other kinds of thinking, what makes some people or some groups better than others in this subject area, and how mathematical thinking can be assessed and taught. Their work is directed to a diverse audience -- psychologists interested in the nature of mathematical thinking and abilities, computer scientists who want to simulate mathematical thinking, educators involved in teaching and testing mathematical thinking, philosophers who need to understand the qualitative aspects of logical thinking, anthropologists and others interested in how and why mathematical thinking seems to differ in quality across cultures, and laypeople and others who have to think mathematically and want to understand how they are going to accomplish that feat.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 335 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0805817980 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0805817999 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in mathematical thinking and learning series".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in mathematical thinking and learning.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,".
• catalog subject "153.4/2 20".
• catalog subject "BF456.N7 N35 1996".
• catalog subject "Cognitive psychology.".
• catalog subject "Human information processing.".
• catalog subject "Mathematical ability Cross-cultural studies.".
• catalog subject "Mathematical ability in children.".
• catalog subject "Mathematical ability.".
• catalog subject "Number concept in children Cross-cultural studies.".
• catalog subject "Number concept in children.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Mathematical abilities: some results from factor analysis / John B. Carroll -- The Process of understanding mathematical problems / Richard E. Mayer and Mary Hegarty -- When erroneous mathematical thinking is just as 'correct': the oxymoron of rational errors / Talia Ben-Zeev -- On the shoulders of giants: cultural tools and mathematical development / Kevin F. Miller and David R. Paredes -- Culture and children's mathematical thinking / Geoffrey B. Saxe [and others] -- Biology, culture, and cross-national differences in mathematical ability / David C. Geary -- Toby's math / Herbert P. Ginsburg -- Fostering mathematical thinking in middle school students: lessons from research / John D. Bransford [et al.] -- On different facets of mathematical thinking / Tommy Dreyfus and Theodore Eisenberg -- Structuralism and mathematical thinking / Charles Rickart -- What is mathematical thinking? / Robert J. Sternberg.".
• catalog title "The nature of mathematical thinking / edited by: Robert J. Sternberg, Talia Ben-Zeev.".
• catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".