Bibliography

• A Handbook of Mathematical Discourse, Charles Wells. A very useful discussion of how we use mathematical language in teaching, and how students (mis-)read it.
     
• Homepage of David Tall. Embodied mathematics, etc. and other aspects of the cognitive foundations of mathematics learning. Books and papers, e.g. Using Technology to Support an Embodied Approach to Learning Concepts in Mathematics (PDF)
     
• Rethinking "Concrete" Manipulatives, Douglas H. Clements and Sue McMillen. a case for computer-based manipulatives for mathematics learning.
     
• Multimedia Learning, Richard Mayer. The cognitive underpinnings, research.
     
• e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, Ruth Colvin Clark, Richard Mayer. The cognitive underpinnings, applications.
     
• Instructional Design in Technical Areas, John Sweller. The originator of cognitive load theory.
     
• How People Learn, ed. John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, Rodney R. Cocking. A rich compendium, research-based yet readable.
     
• Designing Web-Based Training, William Horton. A practical pedagogy and how to implement it.
     
• Graphics for Learning, Ruth Colvin Clark. A research-based how-to and what-to.
     
• Visual Language, Robert Horn. Visual communication as language: syntax, semantics, rhetoric and pragmatics.