CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL IDEAS. PAPUA NEW GUINEA STUDIES.

SAXE, Geoffrey B.

ISBN 10: 0521761662 / ISBN 13: 9780521761666

Verlag: Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge,, 2012

Beschreibung

8vo. pp 362. Fine. First Edition. Hardback.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 62714

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL IDEAS. PAPUA NEW GUINEA STUDIES.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge,
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521761662
• ISBN-13: 9780521761666
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Sehr gut

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Inhaltsangabe

Geoffrey Saxe traces the emergence of numerical representations and ideas as people participate in collective practices of daily life.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Geoffrey Saxe has conducted research on mathematical cognition and culture in a variety of settings, including remote parts of Papua New Guinea, urban and rural areas of northeastern Brazil and elementary and middle school classrooms in the United States. His prior books include Culture and Cognitive Development: Studies in Mathematical Understanding (1991) and Social Processes in Early Number Development (with S. Guberman and M. Gearhart, 1987). He is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.