Mathematics (6)

• Education
• Mathematics

Landscapes of Investigation: Contributions to Critical Mathematics Education

• Miriam Godoy Penteado
• Ole Skovsmose

Creating landscapes of investigation is a primary concern of critical mathematics education. It enables us to organise educational processes so that students and teachers are able to get involved in explorations guided by dialogical interactions. It attempts to address explicit or implicit forms of social injustice by means of mathematics, and also to promote a critical conception of mathematics, challenging the assumption that the subject represents objectivity and neutrality. Landscapes of Investigation provides many illustrations of how this can be done in primary, secondary, and university education. It also illustrates how exploring landscapes of investigation can contribute to mathematics teacher education programmes.

• Business and Management
• Economics, Politics and Sociology
• Mathematics
• Science: Applied Science
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

Inventory Analytics

• Roberto Rossi

Inventory Analytics is the first book of its kind to adopt a practicable, Python-driven approach to illustrating theories and concepts via computational examples, with each model covered in the book accompanied by its Python code.

• Mathematics
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics

• Ekkehard Kopp

Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range of mathematical ideas. Starting with elementary concepts, it leads the reader towards aspects of current mathematical research.

• Mathematics
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

Advanced Problems in Mathematics: Preparing for University

• Stephen Siklos

This book is intended to help students prepare for entrance examinations in mathematics and scientific subjects, including STEP (Sixth Term Examination Papers), and is recommended as preparation for any undergraduate mathematics course. The questions analysed in this book are all based on recent STEP questions, and each is followed by a comment and a full solution. The comments direct the reader’s attention to key points and put the question in its true mathematical context. The solutions point students to the methodology required to address advanced mathematical problems critically and independently.

• Mathematics
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

The Essence of Mathematics Through Elementary Problems

• Alexandre Borovik
• Tony Gardiner

The Essence of Mathematics consists of a sequence of 270 problems – with commentary and full solutions. The reader is assumed to have a reasonable grasp of school mathematics. More importantly, s/he should want to understand something of mathematics beyond the classroom, and be willing to engage with (and to reflect upon) challenging problems that highlight the essence of the discipline.

• Mathematics
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

Teaching Mathematics at Secondary Level

• Tony Gardiner

Teaching Mathematics is nothing less than a mathematical manifesto. This handbook for teachers will help them broaden and enrich their students’ mathematical education. It avoids specifying how to teach, and focuses instead on the central principles and concepts that need to be borne in mind by all teachers and textbook authors—but which are little appreciated in the UK at present.