Description: Does being able to "do" mathematics mean being competent at techniques and understanding how ideas and techniques fit together? By being given appropriate tasks, learners develop their powers to think mathematically and learn to appreciate how ideas fit together. (Education/Teaching)
Review Quotes: "Beginning and established teachers of mathematics as well as teacher educators will all find this book a rich resource when focusing on the crucial issue of designing and using tasks to provoke real learning in mathematics. It has become a central feature of our course in mathematics." -- David Wright, Tutor in mathematics education, University of Newcastle.