Research Catalog

Title

Teaching and learning mathematical problem solving : multiple research perspectives / Edward A. Silver, editor.

Publication

Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

Silver, Edward A., 1948-

Description

xiii, 469 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Problem solving > Study and teaching > Congresses
• Problem solving > Study and teaching
• Matemática (estudo e ensino)

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Proceedings of a conference held June 1983 at San Diego State University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents

PART A. PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCH: MATHEMATICS EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES. A Retrospective Account of the Past 25 Years of Research on Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving / Jeremy Kilpatrick -- Learning to Add and Subtract: An Exercise in Problem Solving / Thomas P. Carpenter -- Methodological Considerations In Research on Mathematical Problem-Solving Instruction / Frank K. Lester, Jr. -- Mathematical Problem Solving: Lessons from the British Experience / Nicholas A. Branca -- PART B. PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCH: CROSS-DISCIPLINE PERSPECTIVES. Implications for Mathematics Instruction of Research on Scientific Problem Solving / Joan I. Heller and Harriet N. Hungate -- Thinking Scientifically and Thinking Mathematically: A Discussion of the Paper by Heller and Hungate / Gerald A. Goldin -- Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Instruction in Mathematical Problem Solving / Richard E. Mayer -- Cognitive Psychology and Mathematical Problem Solving: A Discussion of Mayer's Paper / Larry K. Sowder -- Artificial Intelligence and the Learning of Mathematics: A Tutorial Sampling / Edwina L. Rissland -- Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics Education: A Discussion of Rissland's Paper / Alan H. Schoenfeld -- Experience, Problem Solving, and Learning Mathematics: Considerations in Developing Mathematics Curricula / Patrick W. Thompson -- Cognitive Theory and Curriculum Design: A Discussion of Thompson's Paper / James G. Greeno --PART C. PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCH: THEMES AND DIRECTIONS. Research on Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving: Some Underrepresented Themes and Needed Directions / Edward A. Silver -- Affective Issues in Research on Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving / Douglas B. McLeod -- Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics and the Teaching of Problem Solving / Alba G. Thompson -- The Teacher and Classroom Instruction: Neglected Themes in Problem-Solving Research / Douglas A. Grouws -- Conceptual Analyses of Problem-Solving Performance / Richard A. Lesh -- Individual Differences and Mathematical Problem Solving / Judith Threadgill-Sowder -- Small Groups as a Setting for Research on Mathematical Problem Solving / Nel Noddings -- Metacognitive and Epistemological Issues in Mathematical Understanding / Alan H. Schoenfeld -- Representation and Problem Solving: Methodological Issues Related to Modeling / James J. Kaput -- Problem-Solving Derailers: The Influece of Misconceptions on Problem-Solving Performance / J. Michael Shaughnessy -- Computers in Research on Mathematical Problem Solving / Patrick W. Thompson -- Summary. On Teaching Problem Solving and Solving the Problems of Teaching / Lee S. Shulman.

ISBN

• 0898596815
• 9780898596816
• 0898597595
• 9780898597592

LCCN

84018828

OCLC

• ocm11159681
• 11159681
• SCSB-636098

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library