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  • Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School

    A companion to school experience

    Edited by Sue Johnston-Wilder, Clare Lee, David Pimm ...
    Series series Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series
    Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School combines theory and practice to present a broad introduction to the opportunities and challenges of teaching mathematics in the secondary school classroom. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest changes to the curriculum and research in the field, taking into account key developments in teacher training and education, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Symbols and Meanings in School Mathematics

    by David Pimm ...
    Symbols and Meanings in School Mathematics explores the various uses and aspects of symbols in school mathematics and also examines the notion of mathematical meaning. It is concerned with the power of language which enables us to do mathematics, giving us the ability to name and rename, to transform names and to use names and descriptions to conjure, communicate and control our images. It is in ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Teaching To Avoid Plagiarism: How To Promote Good Source Use

    by Diane Pecorari, David Pimm ...
    This is a practical book aimed at improving university teachers’ skills in addressing plagiarism in pedagogical and constructive ways. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Equity in Discourse for Mathematics Education

    Theories, Practices, and Policies

    Edited by Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Jeffrey Choppin, David Wagner, David Pimm ...
    Series Book 55 - Mathematics Education Library
    This book explores the connection between the ways people speak in mathematics classrooms and their opportunities to learn mathematics. The words spoken, heard, written and read in mathematics classrooms shape students’ sense of what mathematics is and of what people can do with mathematics. The authors employ multiple perspectives to consider the means for transformative action with respect to ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Routledge Revivals: Speaking Mathematically (1987)

    Communication in Mathematics Clasrooms

    by David Pimm ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series
    First published in 1987, this book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language — arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. The central concern is with the processes of communication as they are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics being ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • Introducing Logic

    A Graphic Guide

    by Bill Mayblin, Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and mathematical symbolism.This book follows the historical development of logic, explains the symbols and methods involved and explores the philosophical issues ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Think Like a Mathematician

    A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics

    by Kevin Houston ...
    Looking for a head start in your undergraduate degree in mathematics? Maybe you've already started your degree and feel bewildered by the subject you previously loved? Don't panic! This friendly companion will ease your transition to real mathematical thinking. Working through the book you will develop an arsenal of techniques to help you unlock the meaning of definitions, theorems and proofs, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

    by Lara Alcock ...
    Every year, thousands of students go to university to study mathematics (single honours or combined with another subject). Many of these students are extremely intelligent and hardworking, but even the best will, at some point, struggle with the demands of making the transition to advanced mathematics. Some have difficulty adjusting to independent study and to learning from lectures. Other ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Numbers

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Peter M. Higgins ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers; demonstrating its richness, and providing a comprehensive view of the idea of the number. Higgins paints a picture of the number world, considering how the modern number system matured over centuries. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Pragmatics

    by Stephen C. Levinson ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    Those aspects of language use that are crucial to an understanding of language as a system, and especially to an understanding of meaning, are the acknowledged concern of linguistic pragmatics. This textbook provides a lucid and integrative analysis of the central topics in pragmatics - deixis, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and conversational structure. A central concern of the book is ... Read more

    $78.79 USD

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures

    by James Robert Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any real value?This clear and engaging book takes a unique approach, encompassing non-standard topics such ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically

    Exploring the Three Worlds of Mathematics

    by David Tall ...
    Series series Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically describes the development of mathematical thinking from the young child to the sophisticated adult. Professor David Tall reveals the reasons why mathematical concepts that make sense in one context may become problematic in another. For example, a child's experience of whole number arithmetic successively affects subsequent understanding of fractions, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD