Mathematical cognition

• Other Authors: Royer, James M., 1941- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2003]
• Series: Current perspectives on cognition, learning, and instruction.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching (Preschool); Mathematics > Study and teaching (Primary); Cognition in children.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Mathematics.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.; Educational: Mathematics and numeracy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918117271
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-248-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

This book is divided into seven chapters including: a broad overview of mathematical cognition; development of mathematical cognition; working memory, automaticity and mathematical problem solving; mathematical problem solving; and methematical learning disabilities.

Table of Contents:

• The development of math competence in the preschool and early school years : cognitive foundations and instructional strategies / Sharon Griffin
• Perspectives on mathematics strategy development / Martha Carr and Hillary Hettinger
• Mathematical problem solving / Richard E. Mayer
• Learning disabilities in basic mathematics : deficits in memory and cognition / David C. Geary and Mary K. Hoard
• Relationships among basic computational automaticity, working memory, and complex mathematical problem solving : what we know and what wen need to know / Loel T. Tronsky and James M. Royer
• Mathematics instruction : cognitive, affective and existential perspectives / Allan Feldman
• A brief history of American K-12 mathematics education in the 20th century / David Klein
• Assessment in mathematics : a developmental approach / John Pegg.