The Learning of Mathematics: Its Theory and Practice (1953 NCTM Yearbook)

The Learning of Mathematics: Its Theory and Practice was published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1953 as their 21st Yearbook. It was edited by Howard Fehr of Teachers College, Columbia University, and was the first NCTM yearbook to directed by NCTM's inaugural Yearbook Planning Committee, consisting of Mr. Walter H. Carnahan, Miss Veryl Schult, and Mr. F. Lynwood Wren. With this yearbook, Fehr asks in the preface, "How does the human brain and nervous system acquire its store of mathematical knowledge? How does the human organism use this store of knowledge once it has acquired it?" Fehr admits that relatively little was known about the answers to these questions at the time, but yet it was important for mathematics educators of all levels to study what is known.

Contents

Preface

1. Theories of Learning Related to the Field of Mathematics by Howard F. Fehr (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City)
2. Motivation for Education in Mathematics by Maurice L. Hartung (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
3. The Formation of Concepts by Henry Van Engen (State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa)
4. Sensory Learning Applied to Mathematics by Henry W. Syer (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts)
5. Language in Mathematics by Irvin H. Brune (State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa)
6. Drill—Practice—Recurring Experience by Ben A. Sueltz (State Teachers College, Cortland, New York)
7. Transfer of Training by Myron F. Rosskopf (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City)
8. Problem-Solving in Mathematics by Kenneth B. Henderson (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois) and Robert E. Pingry (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois)
9. Provision for Individual Differences by Rolland R. Smith (Public Schools, Springfield, Massachusetts)
10. Planned Instruction by Irving Allen Dodes (Stuyvesant High School, New York City)
11. Learning Theory and the Improvement of Instruction—A Balanced Program by John R. Clark (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City) and Howard F. Fehr (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City)

External Links

• The Learning of Mathematics: Its Theory and Practice, available for download from ERIC

Cite

APA 7

Fehr, H. F. (Ed.). (1953). The learning of mathematics: Its theory and practice. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.