The Personality of Math: A Key to Learning and Teaching Math

Paul A. Wagner; Frank Fair

doi:10.5771/9781475862997

Summary

If our goal is to broaden and deepen students’ awareness and understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math. That is, we think that students who engage with the math’s (1) human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage greater learning.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6297-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6299-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 134
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Indoctrination and Genuine Math Education No access Pages 1 - 18
The Personality of Math No access Pages 19 - 30
The Human Side of Mathematical Personality No access Pages 31 - 50
Two Takes on Recent History No access Pages 51 - 64
Math Problems and the Personality of Math No access Pages 65 - 76
Educating for Understanding the Personality of Math No access Pages 77 - 100
Introducing Students to Mathematics No access Pages 101 - 110
Bibliography No access Pages 111 - 124
Index No access Pages 125 - 132
About the Authors No access Pages 133 - 134