01377cam a22002654aa450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000320008802000390012004000270015904200080018605000220019408200210021610000250023724500730026226000480033530000330038350400660041650504770048265000370095965000400099685600750103612708247KCU20231012101259.0020316s2002    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2002024200  a0807742422 (acidfree paper)  a0807742414 (pbk. : acidfree paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLCdAcopesa  apcc00aQA11.2b.S65 200200a510.19/221bSMI1 aSmith, Frank,d1928-14aThe glass wall :bwhy mathematics can seem difficult /cFrank Smith.  aNew York :bTeachers College Press,cc2002.  aix, 163 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and indexes.8 aMachine generated contents note: 1. What Is Mathematics? -- 2. Making Sense -- 3. The Mathematics in Language -- 4. The Meanings of Numbers -- 5. Numbers (I): The Names -- 6. Numbers (II): The Written Form -- 7. Labeling, Ordering, and Quantifying -- 8. Calculating and Measuring -- 9. Notation-Signposts in the World of Mathematics -- 10. Numbers Between Numbers -- 11. Numbers in Space -- 12. Memorizing, Calculating, and Looking Up -- 13. Getting Beyond the Glass Wall. 0aMathematicsxStudy and teaching. 0aMathematicsxPsychological aspects.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2002024200.html