European and Chinese Cognitive Styles and Their Impact on Teaching Mathematics

• Main Authors: Spagnolo, Filippo. (Author), Paola, Benedetto. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 277
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematics.; Chinese language.; Psycholinguistics.; Science > Study and teaching.; Computational Intelligence.; Applications of Mathematics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Science Education.; Chinese.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11680-3

The book provides strong evidence that research on the cognitive processes from arithmetic thought to algebraic thought should take into consideration the socio-cultural context. It is an important contribution to the literature on linguistic structure in comparative studies related to Chinese stude...

Table of Contents:

• A general framework and theoretical references
• The Chinese written language as tool for a possible historical and epistemological reflections on the Mathematics and the impact of teaching/learning of mathematics
• The meta-rules between Natural Language and History of Mathematics
• Common sense and Fuzzy Logic
• Strategy and tactics in the Chinese and European culture: chess and weich'i
• Rhythm and Natural Language in the Chinese and European culture
• Conclusions. .