Speaking Mathematically

Author : David Pimm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315278841

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Routledge Revivals: Speaking Mathematically (1987) by David Pimm Pdf

First published in 1987, this book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language — arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. The central concern is with the processes of communication as they are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics being discussed. Speaking, listening, writing and reading are examined and analysed with the first half focusing on verbal interactions and the second half examining aspects of pupil written mathematics. Also explored is the nature of the mathematical writing system itself and how pupils gain access to it.

Author : David Pimm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315278834

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Routledge Revivals: Speaking Mathematically (1987) by David Pimm Pdf

First published in 1987, this book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language — arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. The central concern is with the processes of communication as they are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics being discussed. Speaking, listening, writing and reading are examined and analysed with the first half focusing on verbal interactions and the second half examining aspects of pupil written mathematics. Also explored is the nature of the mathematical writing system itself and how pupils gain access to it.

Author : C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1420050303

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Mathematically Speaking by C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither Pdf

For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero. This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.

Author : Hannah Fry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476784885

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The Mathematics of Love by Hannah Fry Pdf

Uses math as a tool for explaining the complicated patterns of love, tackling such common questions as the chance of finding love that will last, how online dating works, and when to compromise.

Author : Jordan Ellenberg
Publisher : Penguin Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781594205224

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How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg Pdf

A brilliant tour of mathematical thought and a guide to becoming a better thinker, How Not to Be Wrong shows that math is not just a long list of rules to be learned and carried out by rote. Math touches everything we do; It's what makes the world make sense. Using the mathematician's methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. How Not to Be Wrong shows us how--Publisher's description.

Author : Francis Su
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780300237139

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Mathematics for Human Flourishing by Francis Su Pdf

"The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them."--Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine" This is perhaps the most important mathematics book of our time. Francis Su shows mathematics is an experience of the mind and, most important, of the heart."--James Tanton, Global Math Project For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas. In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award-winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires--such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love--and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother's, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher's letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can--and must--be open to all.

Author : Edmund Beckett Baron Grimthorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : OXFORD:590066370

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Astronomy Without Mathematics by Edmund Beckett Baron Grimthorpe Pdf

Author : David Pimm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138242233

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Routledge Revivals: Speaking Mathematically (1987) by David Pimm Pdf

First published in 1987, this book examines mathematics school teaching from the perspective that it is a language -- arguing that this can illuminate many events that occur in classes and highlight issues that may not have previously seemed important. The central concern is with the processes of communication as they are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics being discussed. Speaking, listening, writing and reading are examined and analysed with the first half focusing on verbal interactions and the second half examining aspects of pupil written mathematics. Also explored is the nature of the mathematical writing system itself and how pupils gain access to it.

Author : Carl C. Gaither
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : MATHEMATICS
ISBN : 0367806460

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Mathematically Speaking by Carl C. Gaither Pdf

For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero.This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.

Author : C.c. Gaither
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138442429

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Mathematically Speaking by C.c. Gaither Pdf

For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero. This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.

Author : Anne P. Chapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UOM:39015056220166

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Language Practices in School Mathematics by Anne P. Chapman Pdf

With a view to contributing to understanding the nature and role of language in mathematics education, this book examines spoken language practices. The book demonstrates that learning mathematics is very much a matter of learning to speak 'properly.' There is a pervasive and continual requirement, often hidden in everyday classroom practices, to shift towards increasingly mathematical language. The outcomes of the research reported here affirm the value of viewing language and mathematics learning from a social semiotic perspective and help further our understandings about the construction of a social semiotic theory of classroom education, both in school mathematics and across the curriculum.

Author : Matt Parker
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780593084700

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Humble Pi by Matt Parker Pdf

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?” “Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations—that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes.” —Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn’t. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UCSC:32106012372881

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For the Learning of Mathematics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sherry Parrish
Publisher : Math Solutions
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935099116

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Number Talks by Sherry Parrish Pdf

"A multimedia professional learning resource"--Cover.

Author : Portia C. Elliott
Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015025832406

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Communication in Mathematics, K-12 and Beyond by Portia C. Elliott Pdf

This book contains ideas for teachers facing the challenges of turning their classrooms and schools into "discourse communities." The yearbook is divided into four sections. Part 1 (chapters 1-3) sets the stage by considering the challenges inherent in shifting directions of discourse. Part 2 (chapters 4-21) focuses on establishing discourse communities within the classroom. Part 3 (chapters 22-25) moves the discourse discussion outside the K-12 arena. Finally, Part 4 (chapters 26-28) focuses on the role of language in mathematics discourse. Chapters include: (1) "Communication--An Imperative for Change: A Conversation with Mary Lindquist" (M. M. Lindquist & P. C. Elliott); (2) "Diverse Communications" (D. Pimm); (3) "Building Discourse Communities in Mathematics Classrooms: A Worthwhile but Challenging Journey" (E. A. Silver & M. S. Smith); (4) "Meaningful Communication among Children: Data Collection" (S. Folkson); (5) "The Link Sheet: A Communication Aid for Clarifying and Developing Mathematical Ideas and Processes" (M. Shield & K. Swinson); (6) "Using Multiple Representations to Communicate: An Algebra Challenge" (L. P. McCoy, T. H. Baker, & L. S. Little); (7) "Algebraic Thinking, Language, and Word Problems" (W. W. Esty & Anne R. Teppo); (8) "Communicating the Mathematics in Children's Trade Books Using Mathematical Annotations" (P. A. Halpern); (9) "Fostering Metaphorical Thinking through Children's Literature" (D. J. Whitin & P. E. Whitin); (10) "Using Reading to Construct Mathematical Meaning" (M. Siegel, R. Borasi, J. M. Fonzi, L. G. Sanridge, & C. Smith); (11) "Communicating Mathematics through Literature" (R. Narode); (12) "Talk Your Way into Writing" (D. Huinker & C. Laughlin); (13) "Try a Little of the Write Stuff" (P. A. House); (14) "Developing and Assessing Mathematical Understanding in Calculus through Writing" (J. O. Masingila & E. Prus-Wisniowska); (15) "Is Anybody Listening?" (S. E. B. Pirie); (16) "Developing Problem-Solving Behaviors by Assessing Communication in Cooperative Learning Groups" (A. F. Artzt); (17) "Using Technology to Enhance Communication in Mathematics" (A. E. Barron & M. C. Hynes); (18) "The Role of Open-Ended Tasks and Holistic Scoring Rubrics: Assessing Students' Mathematical Reasoning and Communication" (J. Cai, S. Lane, & M. S. Jakabcsin); (19) "Mathematical Communication in Students' Responses to a Performance-Assessment Task" (D. Peressini & J. Bassett); (20) "Communication Processes in Mathematical Explorations and Investigations" (C. Greenes & L. Schulman); (21) "Embedding Communication throughout the Curriculum" (H. L. Schoen, D. L. Bean, & S. W. Ziebarth); (22) "Children, Teach Your Parents Well: Communication in Mathematics between Home and School" (A. Hart, M. Smyth, K. Vetter, & E. Hart); (23) "Communicating about Alternative Assessment Beyond the Mathematics Classroom" (P. A. Kenney, C. G. Schloemer, & R. W. Cain); (24) "Mathematics Pen-Pal Letter Writing" (E. Phillips); (25) "Developing Preservice Teachers' Strategies for Communicating in and about Mathematics" (F. R. Curcio, S. L. Schwartz, & C. A. Brown); (26) "Strategies to Support the Learning of the Language of Mathematics" (R. N. Rubenstein); (27) "Communication in Mathematics for Students with Limited English Proficiency" (R. A. Olivares); and (28) "Mathematics as a Language" (Z. Usiskin). (MKR)