Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving: Multiple Research Perspectives [Hardcover]

A provocative collection of papers containing comprehensive reviews of previous research, teaching techniques, and pointers for direction of future study. Provides both a comprehensive assessment of the latest research on mathematical problem solving, with special emphasis on its teaching, and an attempt to increase communication across the active disciplines in this area.

...a valuable resource for anyone interested in human mathematical performance.
—Contemporary Psychology

...it is always a pleasure to find and read a well-planned, well-written, and well-organized book on the subject...it would be very helpful to anyone pursuing research in mathematical problem solving.
—Mathematics Teacher

Part A. Problem-Solving Research: Mathematics Education Perspectives. A Retrospective Account of the Past Twenty-five Years of Research on Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving; Learning to Add and Subtract: An Exercise in Problem Solving; Methodological Considerations in Research on Mathematical Problem-Solving Instruction; Mathematical Problem Solving: Lessons from the British Experience; Part B. Problem-Solving Research: Cross-Discipline Perspectives; Implications for Mathematics Instruction of Research on Scientific Problem Solving; Thinking Scientifically and Thinking Mathematically: A Discussion of the Paper by Heller and Hungate; Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Instruction in Mathematical Problem Solving; Cognitive Psychology and Mathematical Problem Solving: A Discussion of Mayer's Paper; Artificial Intelligence and the Learning of Mathematics: A Tutorial Sampling; Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics Education: A Discussion of Rissland's Paper; Experience, Problem Solving, and Learning Mathematics: Considerations in Developing Mathematics Curricula; Cognitl³Ð