The Personality of Math: A Key to Learning and Teaching Math - Hardcover
by Paul A. Wagner (Author), Frank Fair (Author)
If our goal is to broaden and deepen students' awareness and understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math. That is, we think that students who engage with the math's (1) human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage greater learning.
Author Biography
Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., is the author of over 130 publications including nine books. He is chair of the Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Houston.
Frank Fair, Ph.D., has a number of publications in a variety of academic journals, and has co-authored a number of books, including one on innovation in quality management and one on team creativity in business. Two other recent publications that are especiallyDetails
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