The four sections in this Third International Handbook are concerned with: (a) social, political and cultural dimensions in mathematics education; (b) mathematics education as a field of study; (c) technology in the mathematics curriculum; and (d ...

Chemists, working with only mortars and pestles, could not get very far unless they had mathematical models to explain what was happening "inside" of their elements of experience -- an example of what could be termed mathematical learning. This ...

Compilation of the research produced by the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) since its creation in 1976. The first three sections summarize cognitively-oriented research on learning and teaching specific ...

Este libro se ha escrito pensando en la necesidad de aportar materiales que sirvan para trabajar las competencias profesionales relacionadas con los procesos de investigación e innovación en el aula, las cuales son una parte fundamental de las ...

Para escribir este libro, los editores convocaron a diversos colegas de la comunidad mexicana de investigadores de Matemática Educativa para proponer escritos que persiguieran el objetivo de introducir al lector a la complejidad de laproblemática ...

Dr Montessori s revolutionary method of education began early this century. In this classic work she expounds her conviction that in the child there are laws of growth in character and disposition as marked as those in his physical life. This ...

¿Quién inventó el número cero? ¿Por qué hay 60 segundos en un minuto? ¿Cómo es de grande el infinito? ¿Dónde se cruzan las líneas paralelas? ¿Es cierto que el aleteo de una mariposa puede causar una tormenta en la otra punta del mundo? En 50 ...

This text originates from the second of two conferences discussing the concept of consciousness. In 15 sections, this book demonstrates the broad range of fields now focusing on consciousness.

Cognitive maps, mental representations which inform thought and action, are templates for human perception and behavior. Bringing together diverse disciplines--cognitive and social psychology, biopsychology, history, physics, cosmology, chemistry ...