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Elena Nardi - Amongst Mathematicians - 9780387371412 - V9780387371412
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Amongst Mathematicians

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Description for Amongst Mathematicians hardcover. Offers a perspective on the ways in which mathematicians perceive their students' learning, teach and reflect on their teaching practice; and on how they perceive the often fragile relationship between the communities of mathematics and mathematics education. Series: Mathematics Teacher Education. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.

Amongst Mathematicians offers a unique perspective on the ways in which mathematicians perceive their students' learning, teach and reflect on their teaching practice; also on how they perceive the often fragile relationship between the communities of mathematics and mathematics education.

Elena Nardi employs two fictional, yet entirely data-grounded, characters to create a conversation on these important issues. While personas are created, the facts incorporated into their stories are based on large bodies of data including intense focused group interviews with mathematicians and extensive analyses of students' written work. This book demonstrates the pedagogical potential that lies in collaborative undergraduate mathematics ... Read more

Amongst Mathematicians is of interest to both the mathematics and mathematics education communities including university teachers, teacher educators, undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Series
Mathematics Teacher Education
Number of Pages
341
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387371412
SKU
V9780387371412
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
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About Elena Nardi
About the author: Elena Nardi was born in 1968. She studied mathematics (BSc) in Thessaloniki, Greece and mathematics education at Cambridge (MPhil) and Oxford (DPhil) in the UK. Her research is in various areas of mathematics education, with a particular emphasis on the psychology of mathematical learning and the teaching and learning of mathematics at the undergraduate level. She is ... Read more

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