On the Teaching of Linear Algebra

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dorier, Jean-Luc. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Series: Mathematics Education Library ; 23
• Subjects: Education.; Epistemology.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; Functions of complex variables.; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Mathematics Education.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.; Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces.
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Table of Contents:

• Epistemological Analysis of the Genesis of the Theory of Vector Spaces
• Epistemological Analysis of the Genesis of the Theory of Vector Spaces
• Teaching and Learning Issues
• The Obstacle of Formalism in Linear Algebra
• Level of Conceptualization and Secondary School Math Education
• The Teaching Experimented in Lille
• The Meta Lever
• Three Principles of Learning and Teaching Mathematics
• Modes of Description and the Problem of Representation in Linear Algebra
• On Some Aspects of StudentsỚ" Thinking in Linear Algebra
• Presentation of Other Research Works.