Why teach mathematics? : a focus on general education /

The cultural and practical significance of mathematics in our society contrasts strikingly with the way adolescents experience mathematics in school. Mathematics teaching, it appears, succeeds in promoting abilities related to systematical and critical thinking, to problem solving, and to formulatin...

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Main Author:	Heymann, Hans Werner, 1946-
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the German.
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2010]
Series:	Mathematics education library ; 33.
Subjects:	Mathematics > Study and teaching. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book