Review of How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically: Exploring the Three Worlds of Mathematics

Reuben Hersh ()
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Reuben Hersh: The University of New Mexico, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

A chapter in Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy, 2017, pp 39-44 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Educational theory is not my area of expertise. This is an important book on educational theory and practice, deserving an expert and thorough review. So why did I agree to review it? In answer, I quote a friend here at the University of New Mexico. “You write a book review because you want to say something about the subject of the book. But you are required first of all actually to tell about the book itself.”

Keywords: Educational Theory; David Tall; Anna Sfard; Established Mathematics; Sophisticated Adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_5

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