Mathematics category: 12022 books
From Music to Mathematics
Exploring the Connections
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Taking a "music first" approach, Gareth E. Roberts's From Music to Mathematics will inspire students to learn important, interesting, and at times advanced mathematics. Ranging from a discussion of the geometric sequences and series found in the rhythmic structure of music to the phase-shifting...
Finite Mathematics
Models and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Features step-by-step examples based on actual data and connects fundamental mathematical modeling skills and decision making concepts to everyday applicability
Featuring key linear programming, matrix, and probability concepts, Finite Mathematics: Models and Applications emphasizes cross-disciplinary...
by Philip E. B. Jourdain
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Anyone with an interest in mathematics will welcome the republication of this little volume by a remarkable mathematician who was also a logician, a philosopher, and an occasional writer of fiction and poetry. Originally published in 1913, and later included in the acclaimed anthology The World of...
Mathematics, Education and History
Towards a Harmonious Partnership
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
This book includes 18 peer-reviewed papers from nine countries, originally presented in a shorter form at TSG 25 The Role of History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education, as part of ICME-13 during*.* It also features an introductory chapter, by its co-editors, on the structure and main points of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
The name of Zoltan P. Dienes (1916) stands with those of Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner as a legendary figure whose theories of learning have left a lasting impression on the field of mathematics education. Dienes' name is synonymous with the Multibase blocks (also known as Dienes blocks) which he invented...
Abstracts of The First Sourcebook on Asian Research in Mathematics Education
China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and India
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Mathematics and Science education have both grown in fertile directions in different geographic regions. Yet, the mainstream discourse in international handbooks does not lend voice to developments in cognition, curriculum, teacher development, assessment, policy and implementation of mathematics and...
The Mathematics Education of Elementary Teachers
Issues and Strategies for Content Courses
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This book is an edited volume addressing specific issues of significance for individuals involved with the undergraduate mathematics content preparation of prospective elementary teachers (PSTs). Teaching mathematics content courses to this group of students presents unique challenges. While some PSTs...
Mathematics Education Across Time and Place
Over Two Millennia from Athens to Zimbabwe
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
What is mathematics, and what aspects of it should be taught in schools? How and to whom should it be taught, and how should its understanding be assessed? These questions continue to drive curriculum development, school organization, teaching methods, and research agendas. No one today doubts that mathematics...
Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton, James Hodgson, and the Beginnings of Secondary School Mathematics
A History of the Royal Mathematical School Within Christ’s Hospital, London 1673–1868
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book tells one of the greatest stories in the history of school mathematics. Two of the names in the title—Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton—need no introduction, and this book draws attention to their special contributions to the history of school mathematics. According to Ellerton and Clements,...
VEDIC MATHEMATICS For Students
LEVEL 1 OF 5 SERIES
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
VEDIC MATHEMATICS For Students, Level – 1 of 5 Series is the first book on Vedic Mathematics introducing the ancient techniques and fundamental concepts present in Mathematics. This book has detailed illustrations of all the methods explained in detail. This book helps students increase their ability...
The Language of Mathematics
Utilizing Math in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
A new and unique way of understanding the translation of concepts and natural language into mathematical expressions
Transforming a body of text into corresponding mathematical expressions and models is traditionally viewed and taught as a mathematical problem; it is also a task that most find...
VEDIC MATHEMATICS For Students
LEVEL 4 OF 5 SERIES
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
VEDIC MATHEMATICS FOR STUDENTS, Level – 4 of 5 Series is the first book on Vedic Mathematics introducing the ancient techniques and fundamental concepts present in Mathematics. This book has detailed illustrations of all the methods explained in detail. This book helps students increase their ability...
Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
The CSHPM 2016 Annual Meeting in Calgary, Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
This volume contains fourteen papers that were presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, held at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
In addition...
How Chinese Teach Mathematics
Perspectives from Insiders
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
This unique book represents another concerted research effort concerning Chinese mathematics education, with contributions from the world's leading scholars and most active researchers. The book presents the latest original research work with a particular focus on the "teaching" side of...