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Vital Directions for Mathematics Education Research

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Keith R Leatham

    1. , Department of Mathematics Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

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  • This is a unique collection of advice from some of the most respected and widely-read authors in mathematics education
  • The chapters are extremely valuable references for supporting research foci
  • Each chapter takes on critical issues in mathematical education that cut across many research agendas
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Reflections on a Portrait of Our Field

    • Steven R. Williams
    Pages 1-14

  3. Making Progress in U.S. Mathematics Education: Lessons Learned—Past, Present, and Future

    • Mark Hoover Thames, Deborah Loewenberg Ball
    Pages 15-44

  4. The Constantly Underestimated Challenge of Improving Mathematics Instruction

    • James Hiebert
    Pages 45-56

  5. In the Absence of Meaning…

    • Patrick W. Thompson
    Pages 57-93

  6. The Need for Theories of Conceptual Learning and Teaching of Mathematics

    • Martin A. Simon
    Pages 95-118

  7. Intellectual Need

    • Guershon Harel
    Pages 119-151

  8. The False Dichotomy in Mathematics Education Between Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skills: An Example from Algebra

    • Carolyn Kieran
    Pages 153-171

  9. Needed: Critical Foxes

    • Jeremy Kilpatrick
    Pages 173-187

  10. Where Are the Foxes in Mathematics Education?

    • Jo Boaler, Sarah Kate Selling, Kathy Sun
    Pages 189-199

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 201-207
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About this book

This book provides a collection of chapters from prominent mathematics educators in which they each discuss vital issues in mathematics education and what they see as viable directions research in mathematics education could take to address these issues. All of these issues are related to learning and teaching mathematics. The book consists of nine chapters, seven from each of seven scholars who participated in an invited lecture series (Scholars in Mathematics Education) at Brigham Young University, and two chapters from two other scholars who are writing reaction papers that look across the first seven chapters. The recommendations take the form of broad, overarching principles and ideas that cut across the field. In this sense, this book differs from classical “research agenda projects,” which seek to outline specific research questions that the field should address around a central topic.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Mathematics Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

    Keith R Leatham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vital Directions for Mathematics Education Research

  • Editors: Keith R Leatham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6977-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6976-6

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9372-4

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6977-3

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 207

  • Topics: Mathematics Education

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