The glass wall : why mathematics can seem difficult / Frank Smith.

By:

Smith, Frank, 1928-

Material type:

SetPublication details: New York : Teachers College Press, c2002.Description: ix, 163 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0807742422 (acidfree paper)
0807742414 (pbk. : acidfree paper)

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DDC classification:

510.19/ 21 SMI

LOC classification:

QA11.2 .S65 2002

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Table of contents

Contents:

Machine 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.

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	Books	KING CEASOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Reserve Section		Non-fiction		510.19/ SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			5025

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and indexes.

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