The Psychology of Learning Mathematics - Softcover

Skemp, Richard R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140213104 ISBN 13: 9780140213102

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1972

Synopsis

This classic text presents problems of learning and teaching mathematics from both a psychological and mathematical perspective. The Psychology of Learning Mathematics, already translated into six languages (including Chinese and Japanese), has been revised for this American Edition to include the author's most recent findings on the formation of mathematical concepts, different kinds of imagery, interpersonal and emotional factors, and a new model of intelligence. The author contends that progress in the areas of learning and teaching mathematics can only be made when such factors as the abstract and hierarchical nature of mathematics, the relation to mathematical symbolism and the distinction between intelligent learning and rote memorization are taken into account and instituted in the classroom.

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Review:

....Skemp's book is a qualified success. He intermixes interesting examples with rules of thumb.....
—Contemporary Psychology

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0140213104
• ISBN 13: 9780140213102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320