Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity: An ICMI Study

by Anna Sierpinska

Book Overview

No one disputes how important it is, in today's world, to prepare students to un- derstand mathematics as weII as to use and communicate mathematics in their future lives. That task is very difficult, however. Refocusing curricula on funda- mental concepts, producing new teaching materials, and designing teaching units based on 'mathematicians' common sense' (or on logic) have not resulted in a better understanding of mathematics by more students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792346009
• ISBN13: 9780792346005
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.0" x 6.2"