Mathematics and cognition: a research synthesis by the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education/ edited by Pearla Nesher and Jeremy Kilpatrick. - Cambridge, UK: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. - 180 p.: ill.; 25 cm. - ICMI study series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-180).

Epistemology and psychology of mathematics education / Gérard Vergnaud -- Psychological aspects of learning early arithmetic / Jacques C. Bergeron and Nicolas Herscovics -- Languages and mathematics / Colette Laborde -- Psychological aspects of learning geometry / Rina Hershkowitz -- Cognitive processes involved in learning school algebra / Carolyn Kieran -- Advanced mathematical thinking / Tommy Dreyfus -- Future perspectives for research in the psychology of mathematics education / Nicolas Balacheff .

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Mathematics---Study and teaching--Psychological aspects

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