Mathematics & Statistics

For readers and researchers investigating national and international aspects of mathematics education at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels, this quick, easy-to-use encyclopedia provides basic information for ready reference and is an ideal starting point for more in-depth research.

In Comprehending Math, you'll find out that much of math's conceptual difficulty can be alleviated by adapting what we have learned from research on language and cognition. The authors show you how to adapt some of your favorite and most effective reading comprehension strategies to help your students with important mathematical concepts.

Mathematics is traditionally seen as the most neutral of disciplines, the furthest removed from the arguments and controversy of politics and social life. However, critical mathematics challenges these assumptions and actively attacks the idea that mathematics is pure, objective, and value-neutral. It argues that history, society, and politics have shaped mathematics—not only through its applications and uses but also through molding its concepts, methods, and even mathematical truth and proof, the very means of establishing truth. Critical mathematics education also attacks the neutrality of the teaching and learning of mathematics.