Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-415-76368-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 912 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 2044 g

This single-volume reference is designed for readers and researchers investigating national and international aspects of mathematics education at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. It contains more than 400 entries, arranged alphabetically by headings of greatest pertinence to mathematics education. The scope is comprehensive, encompassing all major areas of mathematics education, including assessment, content and instructional procedures, curriculum, enrichment, international comparisons, and psychology of learning and instruction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grinstein, Louise

Lipsey, Sally I

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Applications Acturial mathematics; applications for the classroom; overview; economics; environmental mathematics; health; modeling; numerical analysis; operations research; population growth; sports. II. Assessment Assessment of student achievement; overview; evaluation of instruction; overview; National Assessment of Educational Progress. III. Content and Instructional Procedures Abstract algebra; addition; algebraic numbers; algorithms; arithmetic; axioms; calculus; overview; continuity; data representation; decimal system; inequalities; inverse functions; mathematics; foundations; mathematics, nature of; number sense and numeration; number theory, overview; probability in elementary school mathematics; statistics, overview. IV. Curriculum Addition; curriculum trends; secondary level; discrete mathematics; integration of elementary school mathematics instruction with other subjects; standards, curriculum. V. Enrichment Art; enrichment, overview; family math; games; projects for students; recreations, overview. VI. Governmental Role Federal governement, role of; mathematics education; statistical indicators of; state government, role. VII. History of Mathematics History of mathematics, overview; Abel, Archimedes, Bernouilli Family, etc; African customs applied to the mathematics classroom, Babylonian mathematics, Islam, etc. VIII. Issues Assessment of student achievement, issues; basic skills; developmental (remedial) mathematics; ethnomathematics; evaluation of instruction, issues; gifted, special programs for; learning disabilities, overview; mathematics, philosophical issues; mathematics anxiety; minorities, educational problems

Über Autor(innen)

Louise S. Grinstein received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in mathematics education. She has worked in industry as a computer programmer and systems analyst. She is currently Professor Emeritus of mathematics and computer science at Kingsborough Community College of CUNY. Sally I. Lipsey received an Ed.D. from Columbia University where she studied mathematics in the faculty of pure science, and mathematics education at Teachers College. She is now retired, but was an associate professor of mathematics at Brooklyn College, CUNY and is currently president of Women and Mathematics Education.