Mathematics and Cognition : A Research Synthesis by the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Paperback)

Forward; Contributors; Introduction Efrain Fischbein; 1. Epistemology and Psychology of Mathematics Education Gerard Vergnaud; 2. Psychological Aspects of Learning Early Arithmetic Jacques C. Bergeron and Nicolas Herscovics; 3. Language and Mathematics Colette Laborde; 4. Psychological Aspects of Learning Geometry Rina Hershkowitz; 5. Cognitive Processes Involved in Learning School Algebra, Carolyn Kieran; 6. Advanced Mathematical Thinking Tommy Dreyfus; 7. Future Perspective for Research in the Psychology of Mathematics Education Nicolas Balacheff; References.