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Author:   Eric W. Hart ,  James Sandefur
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319889214

ISBN 10:   3319889214
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I:  The Landscape of Discrete Mathematics in the School Curriculum.- Discrete Mathematics is Essential Mathematics in a 21st Century School Curriculum (and introduction to this volume).- The Absence of Discrete Mathematics from Primary and Secondary Education in the United States  and Why that is Counterproductive.- Discrete Mathematics in Lower School Grades? Situation and Possibilities in Italy.- Discrete Mathematics and the Affective Dimension of Mathematical Learning and Engagement.- Part II: Combinatorics and Combinatorial Reasoning.- Combinatorial Reasoning to Solve Problems.- Children’s Combinatorial Counting Strategies and their Relationship to Mathematical Counting Principles.- Reinforcing Mathematical Concepts and Developing Mathematical Practices through Combinatorial Activity.- Complex Mathematics Education in the 21st Century: Improving Combinatorial Thinking based on Tamás Varga's Heritage and Recent Research Results.- Part III: Recursion and Recursive Thinking.- Discrete Dynamical Systems: A Pathway for Students to Become Enchanted with Mathematics.- How Recursion Supports Algebraic Understanding.- Part IV: Networks and Graphs.- Food Webs, Competition Graphs, and a 60-year-old Unsolved Problem.- Graph Theory in Primary, Middle and High School.- Part V: Fair Decision-Making and Game Theory.- Fairness.- Mathematical Research in the Classroom via Combinatorial Games.- Machines designed to play Nim games (1940-1970): A possible (re)use in the modern French mathematics curriculum?.- Part VI: Logic and Proof.- Mathematics and Logic: Their Relationship in the Teaching of Mathematics.

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