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Advanced Mathematical Thinking

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. David Tall

    1. Science Education Department, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK

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Part of the book series: Mathematics Education Library (MELI, volume 11)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. The Psychology of Advanced Mathematical Thinking

      • David Tall
      Pages 3-21

  3. The Nature of Advanced Mathematical Thingking

    1. Advanced Mathematical Thinking Processes

      • Tommy Dreyfus
      Pages 25-41

    2. Mathematical Creativity

      • Gontran Ervynck
      Pages 42-53

    3. Mathematical Proof

      • Gila Hanna
      Pages 54-61

  4. Cognitive Theory of Advanced Mathematical Thinking

    1. The Role of Definitions in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics

      • Shlomo Vinner
      Pages 65-81

    2. The Role of Conceptual Entities and Their Symbols in Building Advanced Mathematical Concepts

      • Guershon Harel, James Kaput
      Pages 82-94

    3. Reflective Abstraction in Advanced Mathematical Thinking

      • Ed Dubinsky
      Pages 95-126

  5. Research into the Teaching and Learning of Advanced Mathematical Thinking

    1. Research in Teaching and Learning Mathematics at an Advanced Level

      • Aline Robert, Rolph Schwarzenberger
      Pages 127-139

    2. Functions and Associated Learning Difficulties

      • Theodore Eisenberg
      Pages 140-152

    3. Limits

      • Bernard Cornu
      Pages 153-166

    4. Analysis

      • Michèle Artigue
      Pages 167-198

    5. The Role of Studients’ Intuitions of Infinity in Teaching the Cantorian Theory

      • Dina Tirosh
      Pages 199-214

    6. Research on Mathematical Proof

      • Daniel Alibert, Michael Thomas
      Pages 215-230

    7. Advanced Mathematical Thinking and the Computer

      • Ed Dubinsky, David Tall
      Pages 231-248

  6. Epilogue

    1. Reflections

      • David Tall
      Pages 251-259

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 261-290
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Advanced Mathematical Thinking has played a central role in the development of human civilization for over two millennia. Yet in all that time the serious study of the nature of advanced mathematical thinking – what it is, how it functions in the minds of expert mathematicians, how it can be encouraged and improved in the developing minds of students – has been limited to the reflections of a few significant individuals scattered throughout the history of mathematics. In the twentieth century the theory of mathematical education during the compulsory years of schooling to age 16 has developed its own body of empirical research, theory and practice. But the extensions of such theories to more advanced levels have only occurred in the last few years. In 1976 The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics (known as PME) was formed and has met annually at different venues round the world to share research ideas. In 1985 a Working Group of PME was formed to focus on Advanced Mathematical Thinking with a major aim of producing this volume. The text begins with an introductory chapter on the psychology of advanced mathema- cal thinking, with the remaining chapters grouped under three headings: • the nature of advanced mathematical thinking, • cognitive theory, and • reviews of the progress of cognitive research into different areas of advanced mathematics.

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This book can help mathematics educators place their research within a broader perspective of the development of mathematical reasoning, and it can help mathematicians see the deep connections between mathematics education research and their own teaching.
(Patrick W. Thompson in Journal for Research in Mathematics Education)
It promises to be the standard reference work for many years to come, and a source of both information and inspiration ... The book is a most welcome distillation and resource for further development in our collective sense of what constitutes advanced mathematical thinking, and how we can make it accessible to more people.
(John Mason in Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Science Education Department, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK

    David Tall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advanced Mathematical Thinking

  • Editors: David Tall

  • Series Title: Mathematics Education Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47203-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1456-1Published: 30 November 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2812-4Published: 31 May 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47203-9Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-983X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 292

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Mathematics, general

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