Designing and Using Mathematical Tasks

Mathematics seems, on the face of it, a cut and dried subject. But does being able to do mathematics mean: Being competent at techniques Understanding how ideas and techniques fit together Using basic principles in problemsolving Something else or all of these? This book addresses these questions through a definition of learning as transformation in the way that learners perceive or think. Learners increase their choice of actions and develop their powers to think mathematically and their c...