Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Critical Thinking in Mathematics Education

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 499.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 649.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Appelbaum P, Davila E (2009) Math education and social justice: gatekeepers, politics and teacher agency. In: Ernest P, Greer B, Sriraman B (eds) Critical issues in mathematics education. Information Age, Charlotte, pp 375–394

    Google Scholar 

  • Applebaum M, Leikin R (2007) Looking back at the beginning: critical thinking in solving unrealistic problems. Mont Math Enthus 4(2):258–265

    Google Scholar 

  • Bacon F (1605) Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and human. Second Book (transcribed from the 1893 Cassell & Company edition by David Price. Available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/adlr10h.htm

  • Common Core State Standards Initiative (2010) Mathematics standards. http://www.corestandards.org/Math. Accessed 20 July 2013

  • Ernest P (2010) The scope and limits of critical mathematics education. In: Alrø H, Ravn O, Valero P (eds) Critical mathematics education: past, present and future. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 65–87

    Google Scholar 

  • Fawcett HP (1938) The nature of proof. Bureau of Publications, Columbia, New York City. University (Re-printed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1995)

    Google Scholar 

  • Fenner P (1994) Spiritual inquiry in Buddhism. ReVision 17(2):13–24

    Google Scholar 

  • Fish M, Persaud A (2012) (Re)presenting critical mathematical thinking through sociopolitical narratives as mathematics texts. In: Hickman H, Porfilio BJ (eds) The new politics of the textbook. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 89–110

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Garfield JL (1990) Epoche and śūnyatā: skepticism east and west. Philos East West 40(3):285–307

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jablonka E (1997) What makes a model effective and useful (or not)? In: Blum W, Huntley I, Houston SK, Neill N (eds) Teaching and learning mathematical modelling: innovation, investigation and applications. Albion Publishing, Chichester, pp 39–50

    Google Scholar 

  • Keitel C, Kotzmann E, Skovsmose O (1993) Beyond the tunnel vision: analyzing the relationship between mathematics, society and technology. In: Keitel C, Ruthven K (eds) Learning from computers: mathematics education and technology. Springer, New York, pp 243–279

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Legrand M (2001) Scientific debate in mathematics courses. In: Holton D (ed) The teaching and learning of mathematics at university level: an ICMI study. Kluwer, Dordrect, pp 127–137

    Google Scholar 

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (1989) Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Reston

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Daffer PG, Thomquist B (1993) Critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and proof. In: Wilson PS (ed) Research ideas for the classroom: high school mathematics. MacMillan/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, New York, pp 31–40

    Google Scholar 

  • Paul R, Elder L (2001) The miniature guide to critical thinking concepts and tools. Foundation for Critical Thinking Press, Dillon Beach

    Google Scholar 

  • Pimm D (1990) Mathematical versus political awareness: some political dangers inherent in the teaching of mathematics. In: Noss R, Brown A, Dowling P, Drake P, Harris M, Hoyles C et al (eds) Political dimensions of mathematics education: action and critique. Institute of Education, University of London, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Skovsmose O (1989) Models and reflective knowledge. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik 89(1):3–8

    Google Scholar 

  • Stallman J (2003) John Dewey’s new humanism and liberal education for the 21st century. Educ Cult 20(2):18–22

    Google Scholar 

  • Steiner H-G (1988) Theory of mathematics education and implications for scholarship. In: Steiner H-G, Vermandel A (eds) Foundations and methodology of the discipline mathematics education, didactics of mathematics. In: Proceedings of the second tme conference, Bielefeld-Antwerpen, pp 5–20

    Google Scholar 

  • Walkerdine V (1988) The mastery of reason: cognitive development and the production of rationality. Routledge, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Walshaw M (2003) Democratic education under scrutiny: connections between mathematics education and feminist political discourses. Philos Math Educ J 17. http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/pome17/contents.htm

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Education and Professional Studies, King’s College London, Waterloo Bridge Wing Franklin-Wilkins Building, SE1 9NH, London, UK

    Eva Jablonka

Authors
  1. Eva Jablonka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eva Jablonka .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Education, Centre for Mathematics Education, London South Bank University, London, UK

    Stephen Lerman

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this entry

Cite this entry

Jablonka, E. (2014). Critical Thinking in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4978-8_35

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4978-8_35

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-94-007-4977-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-007-4978-8

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation