Description: Mathematical Reasoning : Analogies, Metaphors, and Images, Hardcover by English, Lyn D. (EDT), ISBN 0805819789, ISBN-13 9780805819786, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK How we reason with mathematical ideas continues to be a fascinating and challenging topic of research--particularly with the rapid and diverse developments in the field of cognitive science that have taken place in recent years. Because it draws on multiple disciplines, including psychology, philosophy, computer science, linguistics, and anthropology, cognitive science provides rich scope for addressing issues that are at the core of mathematical learning. Drawing upon the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, this book presents a broadened perspective on mathematics and mathematical reasoning. It represents a move away from the traditional notion of reasoning as "abstract" and "disembodied", to the contemporary view that it is "embodied" and "imaginative." From this perspective, mathematical reasoning involves reasoning with structures that emerge from our bodily experiences as we interact with the environment; these structures extend beyond finitary propositional representations. Mathematical reasoning is imaginative in the sense that it utilizes a number of powerful, illuminating devices that structure these concrete experiences and transform them into models for abstract thought. These "thinking tools"--analogy, metaphor, metonymy, and imagery--play an important role in mathematical reasoning, as the chapters in this book demonstrate, yet their potential for enhancing learning in the domain has received little recognition. This book is an attempt to fill this void. Drawing upon backgrounds in mathematics education, educational psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science, the chapter authors provide a rich and comprehensive analysis of mathematical reasoning. New and exciting perspectives are presented on the nature of mathematics (., "mind-based mathematics"), on the array of powerful cognitive tools for reasoning (., "analogy and metaphor"), and on the different ways these tools can facilitate mathematical reasoning. Examples are drawn from the reasoning of the preschool child to that of the adult learner.
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Book Title: Mathematical Reasoning : Analogies, Metaphors, and Images
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Publication Name: Mathematical Reasoning: Analogies, Metaphors, and Images
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis INC International Concepts
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Mathematics
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 680 g
Subject Area: Developmental Psychology
Author: Lyn D. English
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Format: Hardcover
