Secondary Mathematics for Mathematicians and Educators by Mic... - 9781138294660

Taylor & Francis

Secondary Mathematics for Mathematicians and EducatorsA View from Above\nAuthor(s): Michael Weiss\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138294660, 978-1138294660\nSynopsis\nIn this engaging text, Michael Weiss offers an advanced view of the secondary mathematics curriculum through the prism of theory, analysis, and history, aiming to take an intellectually and mathematically mature perspective on the content normally taught in high school mathematics courses. Rather than a secondary mathematics textbook, Weiss presents here a textbook about the secondary mathematics curriculum, written for mathematics educators and mathematicians and presenting a long-overdue modern-day integration of the disparate topics and methods of secondary mathematics into a coherent mathematical theory.\n\nAreas covered include:\n\nPolynomials and polynomial functions; \n\nGeometry, graphs, and symmetry;\n\nAbstract algebra, linear algebra, an.