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Navigating Numeraciesby Brian Street
Springer 2005; US$ 59.95Aims to further understanding of why some pupils have low achievement in numeracy in the school context. This book examines this by a relatively original view that focuses on numeracy as a social practice. It is useful for policy, practice and further research into the teaching and learning of mathematics in schools. more...
The Nothing that Isby Robert Kaplan; Ellen Kaplan
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 14.99Explores history to find evidence that humans have long struggled with the concept of zero, from the Greeks who may or may not have known of it, to the East where it was first used, to the modern-day desktop PC, which uses it as an essential letter in its computational alphabet. more...
The Number Senseby Stanislas Dehaene
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 37.95Describes experiments that show how the brain encodes the knowledge of numbers and creates mathematics, and traces the cultural history of numbers. more...
Zeroby Charles Seife
Penguin Group Inc. 2000; US$ 12.99The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and everything. In Zero , Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its rise and transcendence in the West, and its ever-present threat to modern physics. Here are the legendary thinkers?from Pythagoras to Newton to Heisenberg, from the Kabalists to today's... more...
Numbersby John Tabak
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Numbers deals with the development of numbers from fractions to algebraic numbers to transcendental numbers to complex numbers and their uses. The book also examines in detail the number pi, the evolution of the idea of infinity, and the representation of numbers in computers. The metric and American systems of measurement as well as the applications of some historical concepts of numbers in such modern forms as cryptography and hand calculators are also covered. Illustrations, thought-provoking text, and other supplemental material cover the key ideas, figures, and events in the historical development of numbers. more...
Growing Ideas of Numberby John N Crossley; David Leigh-Lancaster
Australian Council for Educational Research 2006; US$ 34.95Growing Ideas of Number explores the notion of how ideas of number have grown throughout history. It looks at how different types of number and views of numbers (and their meaning and applications) have varied across cultures over time, and combines historical, archaeological and psychological considerations with the mathematics. The book illustrates some of the real problems and subtleties of number, including counting, calculation, measuring and using machines, which ancient and modern people have grappled with?and continue to grapple with today. It includes a range of illustrative examples, diagrams, tables and references for further reading, as well as suggested activities, exercises and investigations. more...
The Name of the Numberby Michael A. B. Deakin; David Leigh-Lancaster
Australian Council for Educational Research 2007; US$ 29.95The Name of the Number We?re used to the idea that ?closely related? languages have words that are similar to English. For example, the word for ?three? in Latin, French, Italian and German is ?tres?, ?trois?, ?tre? and ?drei?. But did you know that the word for ?three? in Sanskrit is ?trayah?? How can words from completely different languages and cultures be so similar? Why do unrelated languages like English, Japanese and Chinese all possess a ?base ten? counting system? Did you know that the Latin root of the word ?calculate? means ?pebble?? The Name of the Number looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation... more...
Thirty Three Ways to Help with Numeracyby Brian Sharp
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 39.95Thirty Three Ways to Help with Numeracy equips teachers and teaching assistants with a wide range of practical resources to help children who are having difficulties learning the basic skills of numeracy. more...
What Teachers Need to Know about Numeracyby Peter Westwood
Australian Council for Educational Research 2008; US$ 24.95The What Teachers Need to Know About series aims to refresh and expand basic teaching knowledge and classroom experience. Books in the series provide essential information about a range of subjects necessary for today?s teachers to do their jobs effectively. These books are short, easy-to-use guides to the fundamentals of a subject with clear reference to other, more comprehensive, sources of information. Other titles in the series include Teaching Methods, Spelling, Learning Difficulties, Reading and Writing Difficulties, Personal Wellbeing, Marketing, and Music in Schools. more...
How to Pass Data Interpretation Testsby Mike Bryon
Kogan Page 2009; US$ 17.95Data interpretation tests are fast becoming the most common type of numerical question in psychometric tests. Almost every battery of psychometric tests will include a data interpretation subtest, or series of questions, and at some point in their career many people will have to pass one. How to Pass Data Interpretation Tests provides 500 practice data interpretation questions, with answers and detailed explanations. It includes 6 timed tests as well as advice on how to prepare for such a test. more...









