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  • Radical Constructivism in Mathematics Education

    Edited by E. Glasersfeld ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Mathematics is the science of acts without things - and through this, of things one can define by acts. 1 Paul Valéry The essays collected in this volume form a mosaik of theory, research, and practice directed at the task of spreading mathematical knowledge. They address questions raised by the recurrent observation that, all too frequently, the present ways and means of teaching mathematics ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Partial Memories

    Sketches from an Improbable Life

    by Ernst von Glasersfeld ...
    Autobiographical sketches by the philosopher and semioticist Ernst von Glasersfeld.The author writes:"Memories are a personal affair. They are what comes to mind when you think back, not what might in fact have happened at that earlier time in your life. You can no longer be certain of what seemed important then, because you are now looking at the past with today’s eyes. The Italian philosopher ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Construction of Arithmetical Meanings and Strategies

    by Ernst v. Glasersfeld, Paul Cobb, Leslie P. Steffe ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The studies presented in this book should be of interest to anybody concerned with the teaching of arithmetic to young children or with cognitive development in general. The 'eaching experiment· was carried out with half a dozen children entering first grade over two years in biweekly sessions. Methodologically the authors' research is original. It is a longitudinal but not a naturalistic study, ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

    by Ernst von Glasersfeld ...
    First Published in 1995. In the past decade or two, the most important theoretical perspective to emerge in mathematics education has been that of constructivism. This burst onto the international scene at the controversial Eleventh International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education in Montreal in the summer of 1987. No one there will forget von Glasersfeld's authoritative plenary ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

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  • Introducing Psycholinguistics

    by Paul Warren ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
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    Series series Fundamentals of Linguistics
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    Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution

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    Why Information Is Not Enough

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