Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes (PB)

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Mathematics Education and the Legacy of Zoltan Paul Dienes (PB)

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A Volume in The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast:
Monograph Series in Mathematics Education
Series Editor Bharath Sriraman, The University of Montana
The name of Zoltan P. Dienes (1916-) stands with those of Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner as a
legendary figure whose theories of learning have left a lasting impression on the field of
mathematics education. Dienes' name is synonymous with the Multi-base blocks (also known as
Dienes blocks) which he invented for the teaching of place value. He also is the inventor of
Algebraic materials and logic blocks, which sowed the seeds of contemporary uses of
manipulative materials in mathematics instruction. Dienes' place is unique in the field of
mathematics education because of his theories on how mathematical structures can be taught
from the early grades onwards using multiple embodiments through manipulatives, games,
stories and dance.
Dienes' notion of embodied knowledge presaged other cognitive scientists who eventually came to recognize the importance of
embodied knowledge and situated cognition - where knowledge and abilities are organized around experience as much as they are
organized around abstractions. Dienes was an early pioneer in what was later to be called sociocultural perspectives and
democratization of learning.
This monograph compiled and edited by Bharath Sriraman honors the seminal contributions of Dienes to mathematics education and
includes several recent unpublished articles written by Dienes himself. These articles exemplify his principles of guided discovery
learning and reveal the non-trivial mathematical structures that can be made accessible to any student. The monograph also includes a
rare interview with Dienes in which he reflects on his life, his work, the role of context, language and technology in mathematics
teaching and learning today. The book finds an important place in any mathematics education library and is vital reading for
mathematics education researchers, cognitive scientists, prospective teachers, graduate students and teachers of mathematics.