Symbols and Meanings in School Mathematics

• Main Author: Pimm, David
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York Routledge 1995; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Curriculum Studies; Education; Mathematical notation; Mathematics; Mathematics > Study and teaching; Study and teaching; Ill Fate; Superimposed; Number Words; Calculating Device; Vice Versa; Cubic Centimetre; Eric Love; Young Men; Numeration System; Ole Skovsmose; Arithmetic Subject; Geometric Images; Computer Algebra System; Dienes Blocks; Caleb Gattegno; Gingerbread Boy; Screen Image; Geometer’s Sketchpad; Algebraic Subject; Logo’s Turtle Graphics; Dienes Apparatus; Cuisenaire Rods; Unshaken Heart; Turtle Graphics; Material World
• ISBN: 9781138175587; 0415113857; 9780415113854; 1138175587; 0415113849; 9780415113847
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203428610

Symbols and Meanings in School Mathematics explores the various uses and aspects of symbols in school mathematics and also examines the notion of mathematical meaning. It is concerned with the power of language which enables us to do mathematics, giving us the ability to name and rename, to transform names and to use names and descriptions to conjure, communicate and control our images. It is in the interplay between language, image and object that mathematics is created and can be communicated to others. The book also addresses a set of questions of particular relevance to the last decade of the twentieth century, which arise due to the proliferation of machines offering mathematical functioning.