Personality of Math A Key to Learning and Teaching Math

If our goal is to broaden and deepen students' awareness and understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math. That is, we think that students who engage with the math's (1) human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage greater learning.

Info autore

Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., is the author of over 130 publications including nine books. He is chair of the Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Houston. Frank Fair, Ph.D., has a number of publications in a variety of academic journals, and has co-authored a number of books, including one on innovation in quality management and one on team creativity in business. Two other recent publications that are especially

Riassunto

This book shows that engaging with the personality of math is an essential key to learning and teaching math.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wagner Paul A., Fair Frank, Paul A. Fair Wagner, Frank Fair, Paul A. Wagner
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2022
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica
• EAN: 9781475862973
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6297-3
• Numero di pagine: 152
• Categorie: Mathematics, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Math, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Mathematics, Math Problems, Genuine Math Education, Mathematical Personality