Understanding in mathematics - Sierpinska, Anna (Falmer, 1994)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-182) and index
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface by Series Editor; Introduction; Understanding and Meaning; Meaning; Components and Conditions of an Act of Understanding; What Could Be an Act of Understanding?; Components of an Act of Understanding; Psychological Conditions of an Act of Understanding; Social Conditions of an Act of Understanding; What Understanding Is Not; Processes of Understanding; Reasonings; Explanation and Understanding; The Role of Example and the Medium in Which It Is Presented for Understanding; Figures of Speech in Understanding
The concept of understanding in mathematics with regard to mathematics education is considered in this volume, the main problem for mathematics teachers being how to facilitate their students' understanding of the mathematics being taught