Street Mathematics and School Mathematics

by Terezinha Nunes, Analucia Schliemann, David Carraher, et al.

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People who learn to solve problems 'on the job' often have to do it differently from people who learn in theory. Practical knowledge and theoretical knowledge is different in some ways but similar in other ways - or else one would end up with wrong solutions to the problems. Mathematics is also like this. People who learn to calculate, for example, because they are involved in commerce frequently have a more practical way of doing mathematics than...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521388139

ISBN13:9780521388139

Release Date:April 1993

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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