Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education (NATO ASI Series / Computer and Systems Sciences)

Sutherland, Rosamund (Editor) / Mason, John (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3540585826 / ISBN 13: 9783540585824

Edité par Springer, 1995

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1st edition. 326 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.81 inches. In Stock.

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• Titre: Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education (NATO ASI Series / Computer and Systems Sciences)
• Éditeur: Springer
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3540585826
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783540585824
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Brand New

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1. Emphasizing the External.- Imagery for diagrams.- External representations in arithmetic problem solving.- Visualisation in mathematics and graphical mediators: an experience with 11-12 year old pupils.- Visual organisers for formal mathematics.- Mediating mathematical action.- Mathematical objects, representations, and imagery.- 2. Imagery in Support of Geometry.- Images and concepts in geometrical reasoning.- Between drawing and figure.- The functions of visualisation in learning geometry.- Geometrical pictures: kinds of representation and specific processings.- 3. Linking Screen and Mental Imagery.- Overcoming physicality and the external present: cybernetic manipulatives.- On visual and symbolic representations.- The dark side of the Moon.- Ruminations about dynamic imagery (and a strong plea for research).- On designing screen images to generate mental images.- Learning as embodied action.- 4. Employing Imagery.- The importance of mental perception when creating research pictures.- Random images on mental images.- Imagery as a tool to assist the teaching of algebra.- Mathematical screen metaphors.- Exploiting mental imaging: reflections of an artist on a mathematical excursion.