Thinking Mathematically unfolds the processes which lie at the heart of mathematics. It demonstrates how to encourage, develop, and foster the processes which seem to come naturally to mathematicians. In...
Summary: The MathXL® Tutorials on CD delivers all of MathXL's algorithmically generated practice exercises in an off-line format.
The variety of topics and flexibility of sequence make this text appropriate for a one- or two-term course in liberal arts mathematics or general education mathematics.
In Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction, Thomas Carpenter, Megan Franke, and Linda Levi helped tens of thousands of teachers understand children's intuitive problem-solving and computational processes. More important, the authors...
This book provides readers with the skill building and practice that is so crucial as well as the applications and technology necessary to foster an appreciation of the myriad uses of mathematics.
A. Keats, K. F. Collis, & G. S. Halford (Eds.), Cognitive Development: Research Based on a Neo-Piagetian approach. New York: John VViley & Sons. ... Cottrill,J., Dubinsky, E., Nichols, D., Schwingendorf, K., Thomas, K., & References 43 5.
MyLab Math Standalone Access Card to accompany Blitzer, Thinking Mathematically, 7/e This item is an access card for MyLab(TM) Math.
"Mathematical thinking is not the same as 'doing math'--unless you are a professional mathematician.
Try to fit a 17% slice of the pie in with the 93% share held by the one-percenters and you find you've got more pie than plate. 93% and 17% add up to more than 100%; how does this make sense? It makes sense because the bottom 90% ...
Voice balloons are strategically placed throughout the book, showing what an instructor would say when leading a student through a problem.