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The Number Sense How The Mind Creates Mathematics
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Author : Stanislas Dehaene Research Affiliate Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1997-11-06
The Number Sense How The Mind Creates Mathematics written by Stanislas Dehaene Research Affiliate Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11-06 with Mathematics categories.
Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete. But in recent years there have been many exciting scientific discoveries, some aided by new imaging techniques--which allow us for the first time to watch the living mind at work--and others by ingenious experiments conducted by researchers all over the world. There are still perplexing mysteries--how, for instance, do idiot savants perform almost miraculous mathematical feats?--but the picture is growing steadily clearer. In The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers general readers a first look at these recent stunning discoveries, in an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Dehaene, a mathematician turned cognitive neuropsychologist, begins with the eye-opening discovery that animals--including rats, pigeons, raccoons, and chimpanzees--can perform simple mathematical calculations, and he describes ingenious experiments that show that human infants also have a rudimentary number sense (American scientist Karen Wynn, for instance, using just a few Mickey Mouse toys and a small puppet theater, proved that five-month-old infants already have the ability to add and subtract). Further, Dehaene suggests that this rudimentary number sense is as basic to the way the brain understands the world as our perception of color or of objects in space, and, like these other abilities, our number sense is wired into the brain. But how then did the brain leap from this basic number ability to trigonometry, calculus, and beyond? Dehaene shows that it was the invention of symbolic systems of numerals that started us on the climb to higher mathematics, and in a marvelous chapter he traces the history of numbers, from early times when people indicated a number by pointing to a part of their body (even today, in many societies in New Guinea, the word for six is "wrist"), to early abstract numbers such as Roman numerals (chosen for the ease with which they could be carved into wooden sticks), to modern numbers. On our way, we also discover many fascinating facts: for example, because Chinese names for numbers are so short, Chinese people can remember up to nine or ten digits at a time--English-speaking people can only remember seven. Dehaene also explores the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, asking what might explain their special mathematical talent. And we meet people whose minute brain lesions render their mathematical ability useless--one man, in fact, who is certain that two and two is three. Using modern imaging techniques (PET scans and MRI), Dehaene reveals exactly where in the brain numerical calculation takes place. But perhaps most important, The Number Sense reaches many provocative conclusions that will intrigue anyone interested in mathematics or the mind. Dehaene argues, for instance, that many of the difficulties that children face when learning math, and which may turn into a full-blown adult "innumeracy," stem from the architecture of our primate brain, which has not evolved for the purpose of doing mathematics. He also shows why the human brain does not work like a computer, and that the physical world is not based on mathematics--rather, mathematics evolved to explain the physical world the way that the eye evolved to provide sight. A truly fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect, The Number Sense offers an intriguing tour of how the structure of the brain shapes our mathematical abilities, and how our mathematics opens up a window on the human mind.
Diagnostic Placement And Mastery Tests
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Author : Allan D. Suter
language : en
Publisher: Contemporary Books
Release Date : 1990-06-01
Diagnostic Placement And Mastery Tests written by Allan D. Suter and has been published by Contemporary Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-06-01 with Mathematics categories.
Contemporary S Number Sense Discovering Basic Math Concepts
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Author : Allen Suter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Contemporary S Number Sense Discovering Basic Math Concepts written by Allen Suter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.
Contemporary S Number Sense Fractions
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Author : Allan D. Suter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Contemporary S Number Sense Fractions written by Allan D. Suter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Mathematics categories.
Contemporary S Number Sense Decimals
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Author : Allan D. Suter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Contemporary S Number Sense Decimals written by Allan D. Suter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Mathematics categories.
Contemporary S Number Sense
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Author : Allan D. Suter
language : en
Publisher:
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Contemporary S Number Sense Ratio Proportion Percent
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Author : Allan D. Suter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Contemporary S Number Sense Ratio Proportion Percent written by Allan D. Suter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Mathematics categories.
The Number Sense
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Author : Stanislas Dehaene
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2011-04-29
The Number Sense written by Stanislas Dehaene and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-29 with Mathematics categories.
"Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete. In The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers readers an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Using research showing that human infants have a rudimentary number sense, Dehaene suggests that this sense is as basic as our perception of color, and that it is wired into the brain. But how then did we leap from this basic number ability to trigonometry, calculus, and beyond? Dehaene shows that it was the invention of symbolic systems of numerals that started us on the climb to higher mathematics. Tracing the history of numbers, we learn that in early times, people indicated numbers by pointing to part of their bodies, and how Roman numerals were replaced by modern numbers. On the way, we also discover many fascinating facts: for example, because Chinese names for numbers are short, Chinese people can remember up to nine or ten digits at a time, while English-speaking people can only remember seven. A fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect, The Number Sense offers an intriguing tour of how the structure of the brain shapes our mathematical abilities, and how math can open up a window on the human mind"--Provided by publisher.
Contemporary Research And Perspectives On Early Childhood Mathematics Education
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Author : Iliada Elia
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-02-21
Contemporary Research And Perspectives On Early Childhood Mathematics Education written by Iliada Elia and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with Education categories.
This book brings together a collection of research-based papers on current issues in early childhood mathematics education that were presented in the Topic Study Group 1 (TSG 1) at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13), held at the University of Hamburg in 2016. It will help readers understand a range of key issues that early childhood mathematics educators encounter today. Research on early childhood mathematics education has grown in recent years, due in part to the well-documented, positive relation between children’s early mathematical knowledge and their later mathematics learning, and to the considerable emphasis many countries are now placing on preschool education. The book addresses a number of central questions, including: What is mathematical structural development and how can we promote it in early childhood? How can multimodality and embodiment contribute to early mathematics learning and to acquiring a better understanding of young children’s mathematical development? How can children’s informal mathematics-related experiences affect instruction and children’s learning in different mathematics content areas? What is the role of tools, including technology and picture books, in supporting early mathematics learning? What are the challenges in early childhood mathematics education for teachers’ education and professional development?
The Number Sense How The Mind Creates Mathematics
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Author : Stanislas Dehaene
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1999-10-30
The Number Sense How The Mind Creates Mathematics written by Stanislas Dehaene and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-30 with Mathematics categories.
The Number Sense is an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Describing experiments that show that human infants have a rudimentary number sense, Stanislas Dehaene suggests that this sense is as basic as our perception of color, and that it is wired into the brain. Dehaene shows that it was the invention of symbolic systems of numerals that started us on the climb to higher mathematics. A fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect, The Number Sense offers an intriguing tour of how the structure of the brain shapes our mathematical abilities, and how our mathematics opens up a window on the human mind.