Mathematics Education: Models and Processes

by Graeme S. Halford and Lyn D. English

Book Overview

To define better techniques of mathematics education, this book combines a knowledge of cognitive science with mathematics curriculum theory and research. The concept of the human reasoning process has been changed fundamentally by cognitive science in the last two decades. The role of memory retrieval, domain-specific and domain-general skills, analogy, and mental models is better understood now than previously. The authors believe that cognitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805814582
• ISBN13: 9780805814583
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.3"