And the Rest is Just Algebra (eBook)

Sepideh Stewart (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2017
XX, 238 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-45053-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses college students' weak foundation in algebra, its causes, and potential solutions to improve their long-term success and understanding in mathematics as a whole. The authors, who are experts in a wide variety of fields, emphasize that these difficulties are more complex than just forgotten rules, and offer strategic approaches from a number of angles that will increase the chances of student understanding. Instructors who are frustrated with their students' lack of skills and knowledge at college level will find this volume helpful, as the authors confront the deeper reasons why students have difficulties with Algebra and reveal how to remedy the issue.

Sepideh Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education at the University of Auckland.  Her research interests are on the embodied symbolic and formal worlds of mathematical thinking with a particular interest on the pedagogy of linear algebra. Over the past two years she has also been working on several projects investigating the mind of working mathematicians particularly in abstract algebra (formal) and algebraic topology (embodied). She is the author of the book Linear Algebra in Three Worlds of Mathematical Thinking, and has contributed to multiple journals and conference publications.

Inhalt

Operation Algebra: Investigating University Students' Inadequacies.- Student Conceptions in Two-Year College Algebra Courses.- Rational Number Fluency Supports Student Success in Algebra.- Long Term Effects of Sense Making and Anxiety in Algebra.- Algebra as Part of an Integrated High School Curriculum.- Overcoming the Algebra Barrier: Being Particular about the General, and Generally Looking Beyond the Particular.- Teaching and Learning Middle School Algebra: Valuable Lessons from the History of Mathematics.- Cognitive Neuroscience and Algebra.- Valuable Lessons from the History of Mathematics.- Cognitive Neuroscience and Algebra.- Rethinking Algebra: A Versatile Approach Integrating Digital Technology.- Learning Linear Algebra by Using It.- School Algebra to Linear Algebra: Advance from the Symbolic to Formal World of Mathematical Thinking.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 238 p. 92 illus., 22 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Algebra anxiety • Algebra education • College algebra • College mathematics education • Learning algebra • Learning and Instruction • mathematics education • Neuroscience and mathematics education
• ISBN-10: 3-319-45053-0 / 3319450530
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-45053-7 / 9783319450537