The Nature of Mathematical Thinking By: Robert J. Sternberg Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780805817980, 0805817980 eText ISBN: 9781136487507, 1136487506 Edition: 1st Pages: 352 Copyright year: 1996 Format: EPUB Available from $ 27.98 USD SKU 9781136487507R90 Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as adults have been failures at math in school? How come some professional mathematicians suffer terribly when trying to balance a checkbook? And why do school children in the United States perform so dismally in international comparisons? These are the kinds of real questions the editors set out to answer, or at least address, in editing this book on mathematical thinking. Their goal was to seek a diversity o Download ebook: https://ouo.io/F6ViiB
