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Mathematics Education
Must-Have for all Teachers
Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 15
Teaching Secondary School Mathematics
Techniques and Enrichment
by Alfred S Posamentier & Beverly Smith (City University of New York, USA) The primary aim of this book is to provide teachers of mathematics with all the tools they would need to conduct most effective mathematics instruction. The book guides teachers through the all-important planning process, which includes short and long-term planning as well as constructing most effective lessons, with an emphasis on motivation, classroom management, emphasizing problemsolving techniques, assessment, enriching instruction for students at all levels, and introducing relevant extracurricular mathematics activities. Technology applications are woven throughout the text.
A unique feature of this book is the second half, which provides 125 highly motivating enrichment units for all levels of secondary school mathematics.
Readership: In-service teachers, students, general public.
1044pp 978-981-121-141-6 Oct 2020 US$178 £155
Science, Music, and Mathematics
The Deepest Connections
by Michael Edgeworth McIntyre (University of Cambridge, UK)
Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime’s thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics, while avoiding equations and technical jargon. He begins with perception psychology and the dichotomization instinct and then takes us through biological evolution, human language, and acausality illusions all the way to the climate crisis and the weaponization of the social media, and beyond that into the deepest parts of theoretical physics — demonstrating our unconscious mathematical abilities.
Readership: Undergraduates, graduates, researchers, educators interested in Science, Mathematics and Music.
120pp Nov 2021 978-981-124-183-3(pbk) US$19.95 £20 978-981-124-073-7 US$48 £40
The Development of Mathematics Between the World Wars
edited by MartinaBečváová (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
This book traces the transformation of scientific life within mathematical communities during the interwar period in Central and Eastern Europe, specifically in Germany, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Throughout the book, in-depth mathematical analyses and examples are included for the benefit of the reader.
Key Features
• No title with the same scope is available in English • A unique feature of the book is the emphasis (in the first eight chapters) on the situation in Central and Eastern European countries
Readership: Science historians, mathematics historians and any mathematician interested in the history of mathematics. Will also be of interest to general historians and the general public interested in modern history.
East China Normal University Scientific Reports - Vol 2
School Mathematics Textbooks in China
Comparative Studies and Beyond
edited by Jianpan Wang (East China Normal University, China) Associate editor: Lianghuo Fan (East China Normal University, China), Associate editor: Binyan Xu (East China Normal University, China)
Our collected work contains mathematics education research papers. Comparative studies of school textbooks cover content selection, compilation style, representation method, design of examples and exercises, mathematics investigation, the use of information technology, and composite difficulty level, to name a few. Other papers included are about representation of basic mathematical thought in school textbooks, a study on the compilation features of elementary school textbooks, and a survey of the effect of using new elementary school textbooks.
Readership: Researchers in mathematics education.
592pp Feb 2021 978-981-4713-94-8(pbk) US$98 £85 978-981-4713-93-1 US$188 £165
Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 24
Innovative Teaching
Best Practices from Business and Beyond for Mathematics Teachers
by Denise H Sutton (City University of New York, USA) & Alfred S Posamentier (City University of New York, USA)
This book provides educators with new and exciting ways to introduce material and methods to motivate and engage students by showing how some of the techniques commonly used in the business world — and beyond — are applicable to the world of education. It also offers educators practical advice with regard to the changing culture of education, keeping up with technology, navigating politics at work, interacting with colleagues, developing leadership skills, group behavior, and gender differences.
Key Features
• The book takes a different approach to best practices in education by implementing innovative ideas from the world of business and beyond • This book helps educators motivate students through media familiar to students such as various social media platforms
Readership: Mathematics teachers at all levels (especially Secondary school), College Mathematics professors.
224pp Feb 2021 978-981-123-304-3(pbk) US$38 £35 978-981-123-166-7 US$78 £70
Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 23
Learning Trigonometry by Problem Solving
by Alexander Rozenblyum (The City University of New York, USA) & Leonid Rozenblyum In this book, trigonometry is presented mainly through the solution of specific problems. The problems are meant to help the reader consolidate their knowledge of the subject. In this way, it enables a more active mastery of the subject, directly linking the results of the theory with their applications.
The problems in the book are selected from a variety of disciplines, such as physics, medicine, architecture, and so on. They include solving triangles, trigonometric equations, and their applications.
The book also includes some interesting, entertainment problems. To solve them, no special knowledge is required.
Readership:Students and Mathematics instructors at high school, undergraduate students.
380pp Jul 2021 978-981-123-284-8(pbk) US$48 £40 978-981-123-120-9 US$88 £75
Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond - Vol 26 Creative Secondary School Mathematics
125 Enrichment Units for Grades 7 to 12
by Alfred S Posamentier (City University of New York, USA)
There are many topics within the scope of the secondary school mathematics curriculum that are clearly of a motivational sort, and because of lack of time they are usually not included in the teaching process. This book provides the teacher 125 individual units — ranging from grades 7 through 12 — that can be used to enhance the mathematics curriculum. Each unit presents a preassessment, instructional objectives, and a detailed description of the topic as well as teaching suggestions. Each unit has a post-assessment. This is the sort of instructional intervention that can make students love mathematics!
Readership: Practicing and preservice mathematics teachers at the secondary school level. It can also be used by students and parents who want to enhance their students’ appreciation and love for mathematics.
556pp Jun 2021 978-981-124-097-3(pbk) US$78 £70 978-981-124-042-3 US$168 £150
The Science of Learning Mathematical Proofs
An Introductory Course
by Elana Reiser (St. Joseph’s College, USA)
College students struggle with the switch from thinking of mathematics as a calculation based subject to a problem solving based subject. This book describes how the introduction to proofs course can be taught in a way that gently introduces students to this new way of thinking. This introduction utilizes recent research in neuroscience regarding how the brain learns best.
Key Features
• This book integrates the ideas presented in it as best ways to learn. It doesn’t just highlight the concepts; they will also be put into practice utilizing exercises and homework • This book is meant to be used as a textbook as well as a journal that students can and should write in
Readership: Undergraduate in mathematics majors, for use in an undergraduate introduction to mathematical proofs course.
The Art and Practice of Mathematics
Interviews at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2010 – 2020
by Yu Kiang Leong This book constitutes the second volume of interviews with prominent mathematicians and mathematical scientists who visited the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore.
The topics covered in this volume are wide-ranging, running from pure mathematics (logic, number theory, algebraic geometry) to applied mathematics (mathematical modeling, fluid dynamics) through probability and statistics, mathematical physics, theoretical computer science and financial mathematics. This eclectic mix of the abstract and the concrete should interest those who are enthralled by the mystique and power of mathematics, whether they are students, researchers or the non-specialists.
Readership: Mathematicians, physicists, mathematical scientists, scientific researchers, educators, historians of mathematics, historians of science, historians of ideas, students and non-specialists interested in mathematical sciences.
444pp 978-981-121-958-0 Aug 2021 US$128 £115
Mathematics — Connection and Beyond
Yearbook 2020 Association of Mathematics Educators
by Tin Lam Toh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) & Ban Heng Choy (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
This book contains 11 chapters from various experts all over the world on mathematics education. It provides different perspective of how to establish connection within mathematics and beyond. The ideas are from different authors internationally and is practice-oriented, based on empirical studies conducted by the various authors. This is a good illustration of linking theory with practice.
Readership: Graduate students, researchers, practitioners, and teachers in mathematics.
