Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically
  • Cited by 170
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2014
      September 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139565202
      9781107035706
      9781107668546
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565202
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.77kg, 484 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 484 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology
      Series:
      Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Developmental Psychology, Psychology, Educational Psychology
    Series:
    Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
    Information

    Book description

    How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically describes the development of mathematical thinking from the young child to the sophisticated adult. Professor David Tall reveals the reasons why mathematical concepts that make sense in one context may become problematic in another. For example, a child's experience of whole number arithmetic successively affects subsequent understanding of fractions, negative numbers, algebra, and the introduction of definitions and proof. Tall's explanations for these developments are accessible to a general audience while encouraging specialists to relate their areas of expertise to the full range of mathematical thinking. The book offers a comprehensive framework for understanding mathematical growth, from practical beginnings through theoretical developments, to the continuing evolution of mathematical thinking at the highest level.

    Awards

    Honourable Mention, 2013 PROSE Award for Psychology

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents
    References

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.