Acquisition of mathematics concepts and processes
By: edited by Richard Lesh, Marsha Landau.
Contributors: Lesh, Richard A.; Landau, Marsha.
Series: Developmental psychology series
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Psychological aspects.; Cognition in children.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Companion vol. to: The Development of mathematical thinking.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard Lesh and Marsha Landau; title: The acquisition of addition and subtraction concepts / Thomas P. Carpenter and James M. Moser; title: Proportional reasoning of early adolescents / Robert Karplus, Steven Pulos, and Elizabeth K. Stage; title: Rational-number concepts / Merlyn J. Behr ... et al.; title: Multiplicative structures / Gerard Vergnaud; title: Space and geometry / Alan J. Bishop; title: Van Hiele-based research / Alan Hoffer; title: Trends and issues in mathematical problem-solving research / Frank K. Lester, Jr.; title: Conceptual models and applied mathematical problem-solving research / Richard Lesh, Marsha Landau, and Eric Hamilton; title: Episodes and executive decisions in mathematical problem-solving / Alan H. Schoenfeld.