Mathematics and cognition : a research synthesis by the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Forward Contributors Introduction Efrain Fischbein 1. Epistemology and Psychology of Mathematics Education Gerard Vergnaud 2. Psychological Aspects of Learning Early Arithmetic Jacques C. Bergeron and Nicolas Herscovics 3. Language and Mathematics Colette Laborde 4. Psychological Aspects of Learning Geometry Rina Hershkowitz 5. Cognitive Processes Involved in Learning School Algebra, Carolyn Kieran 6. Advanced Mathematical Thinking Tommy Dreyfus 7. Future Perspective for Research in the Psychology of Mathematics Education Nicolas Balacheff References.