A Concrete Approach to the Architecture of Mathematics

Download or read book A Concrete Approach to the Architecture of Mathematics written by Zoltan Paul Dienes and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoltan Dienes (born 1916) is a Hungarian mathematician whose ideas on the education (especially of small children) have been popular in some countries. He is a world-famous theorist and tireless practitioner of the "new mathematics" - an approach to mathematics learning that uses games, songs and dance to make it more appealing to children. One of the best known examples of the application of these principles is Dienes' multibase blocks, which have been used in learning by many around the world to embody the concepts of place values. Mike Thomas is an Associate Professor at the Mathematics Education Unit in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland, and has been in regular contact over the last ten years with Zoltan Dienes whose manuscripts have appeared regularly in the New Zealand Mathematics Magazine. Mike is confident that all mathematic educators will find something valuable in this publication as will their students.