Teaching and learning discrete mathematics worldwide : curriculum and research /: curriculum and research. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric W. Hart, James Sandefur, editors.
• Editors: Hart, Eric W; Sandefur, James Daniel
• Contents: Part I: The Landscape of Discrete Mathematics in the School Curriculum -- Discrete Mathematics is Essential Mathematics in a 21st Century School Curriculum (and introduction to this volume) -- The Absence of Discrete Mathematics from Primary and Secondary Education in the United States and Why that is Counterproductive -- Discrete Mathematics in Lower School Grades? Situation and Possibilities in Italy -- Discrete Mathematics and the Affective Dimension of Mathematical Learning and Engagement -- Part II: Combinatorics and Combinatorial Reasoning -- Combinatorial Reasoning to Solve Problems -- Children's Combinatorial Counting Strategies and their Relationship to Mathematical Counting Principles -- Reinforcing Mathematical Concepts and Developing Mathematical Practices through Combinatorial Activity -- Complex Mathematics Education in the 21st Century: Improving Combinatorial Thinking based on Tamás Varga's Heritage and Recent Research Results -- Part III: Recursion and Recursive Thinking -- Discrete Dynamical Systems: A Pathway for Students to Become Enchanted with Mathematics -- How Recursion Supports Algebraic Understanding -- Part IV: Networks and Graphs -- Food Webs, Competition Graphs, and a 60-year-old Unsolved Problem -- Graph Theory in Primary, Middle and High School -- Part V: Fair Decision-Making and Game Theory -- Fairness -- Mathematical Research in the Classroom via Combinatorial Games -- Machines designed to play Nim games (1940-1970): A possible (re)use in the modern French mathematics curriculum? -- Part VI: Logic and Proof -- Mathematics and Logic: Their Relationship in the Teaching of Mathematics.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 004.0151; Education; Computer science -- Mathematics; Mathematics; Curriculum planning; COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Computer science -- Mathematics; Education -- Educational Psychology; Education -- Professional Development; Education -- Curricula; Mathematics -- Discrete Mathematics; Teaching skills & techniques; Teacher training; Curriculum planning & development; Discrete mathematics; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics; Teaching of a specific subject; Education; Mathematics Education; Learning & Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education; Curriculum Studies; Discrete Mathematics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319703084; 3319703080
• Related ISBNs: 9783319703077; 3319703072
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 21, 2017).
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