Anna Sfard

Gebundenes Buch

Thinking as Communicating

Human Development, the Growth of Discourses, and Mathematizing

Beschreibung

Looks to change our thinking about thinking by looking at communication and cognition, or commognition.

Autor

Anna Sfard's research focuses on the development of mathematical discourses in individual lives and in the course of history. In a series of studies in Israel, Canada, and the United States, she has been investigating the development of mathematical thinking in both history and individual learning. Results of these studies, both theoretical and empirical, have been published in more than 100 articles and edited volumes, many of which have been widely cited. The recipient of the 2007 Freudhental Medal for research in mathematics education, she is a Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Haifa, the first holder of the Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald endowed chair in Michigan State University, and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9780521867375
• ISBN-10: 0521867371
• Artikelnr.: 26750986