Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Teaching with Primary Historical Sources: Should it Go Mainstream? Can it?
- 2 Dialogismin Mathematical Writing: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Issues
- 3 The Process of Mathematical Agreement: Examples from Mathematics History and an Experimental Sequence of Activities
- 4 Researching the History of Algebraic Ideas from an Educational Point of View
- 5 Equations and Imaginary Numbers: A Contribution from Renaissance Algebra
- 6 The Multiplicity of Viewpoints in Elementary Function Theory: Historical and Didactical Perspectives
- 7 From History to Research in Mathematics Education: Socio-Epistemological Elements for Trigonometric Functions
- 8 Harmonies in Nature: A Dialogue Between Mathematics and Physics
- 9 Exposure to Mathematics in the Making: Interweaving Math News Snapshots in the Teaching of High-School Mathematics
- 10 History, Figures and Narratives in Mathematics Teaching
- 11 Pedagogy, History, and Mathematics: Measure as a Theme
- 12 Students' Beliefs About the Evolution and Development of Mathematics
- 13 Changes in Student Understanding of Function Resulting from Studying Its History
- 14 Integrating the History of Mathematics into Activities Introducing Undergraduates to Concepts of Calculus
- 15 History in a Competence Based Mathematics Education: A Means for the Learning of Differential Equations
- 16 History of Statistics and Students' Difficulties in Comprehending Variance
- 17 Designing Student Projects for Teaching and Learning Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science via Primary Historical Sources
- 18 History of Mathematics for Primary School Teacher Education Or: Can You Do Something Even if You Can't Do Much?
- 19 Reflections and Revision: Evolving Conceptions of a Using History Course
- 20 Mapping Our Heritage to the Curriculum: Historical and Pedagogical Strategies for the Professional Development of Teachers
- 21 Teachers' Conceptions of History of Mathematics
- 22 The Evolution of a Community of Mathematical Researchers in North America: 1636–1950
- 23 The Transmission and Acquisition of Mathematics in Latin America, from Independence to the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 24 In Search of Vanishing Subjects: The Astronomical Origins of Trigonometry
- About the Editors
Preface
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Teaching with Primary Historical Sources: Should it Go Mainstream? Can it?
- 2 Dialogismin Mathematical Writing: Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical Issues
- 3 The Process of Mathematical Agreement: Examples from Mathematics History and an Experimental Sequence of Activities
- 4 Researching the History of Algebraic Ideas from an Educational Point of View
- 5 Equations and Imaginary Numbers: A Contribution from Renaissance Algebra
- 6 The Multiplicity of Viewpoints in Elementary Function Theory: Historical and Didactical Perspectives
- 7 From History to Research in Mathematics Education: Socio-Epistemological Elements for Trigonometric Functions
- 8 Harmonies in Nature: A Dialogue Between Mathematics and Physics
- 9 Exposure to Mathematics in the Making: Interweaving Math News Snapshots in the Teaching of High-School Mathematics
- 10 History, Figures and Narratives in Mathematics Teaching
- 11 Pedagogy, History, and Mathematics: Measure as a Theme
- 12 Students' Beliefs About the Evolution and Development of Mathematics
- 13 Changes in Student Understanding of Function Resulting from Studying Its History
- 14 Integrating the History of Mathematics into Activities Introducing Undergraduates to Concepts of Calculus
- 15 History in a Competence Based Mathematics Education: A Means for the Learning of Differential Equations
- 16 History of Statistics and Students' Difficulties in Comprehending Variance
- 17 Designing Student Projects for Teaching and Learning Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science via Primary Historical Sources
- 18 History of Mathematics for Primary School Teacher Education Or: Can You Do Something Even if You Can't Do Much?
- 19 Reflections and Revision: Evolving Conceptions of a Using History Course
- 20 Mapping Our Heritage to the Curriculum: Historical and Pedagogical Strategies for the Professional Development of Teachers
- 21 Teachers' Conceptions of History of Mathematics
- 22 The Evolution of a Community of Mathematical Researchers in North America: 1636–1950
- 23 The Transmission and Acquisition of Mathematics in Latin America, from Independence to the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 24 In Search of Vanishing Subjects: The Astronomical Origins of Trigonometry
- About the Editors
Summary
In 2000, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction published the ICMI Study entitled History in Mathematics Education, edited by John Fauvel and Jan van Maanen [1]. This volume presented the state of the art in the use of the history of mathematics in mathematics education and made numerous suggestions for further research in the field. One of the major suggestions was that there should be more empirical studies of the use of history in the mathematics classroom to get more insight into its educational implications. In recent years many researchers have followed up on the recommendations of the ICMI Study and have presented their findings in numerous international meetings, including the meetings of the International Study Group on the Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (the HPM Group) and the meetings of the European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education (ESU). To further the goal of making these new results available to a wider audience, including mathematics educators, mathematics faculty in secondary schools and universities, and historians of mathematics, the contributors to these meetings were invited to submit papers based on their presentations, which were peer-reviewed to international standards by two independent referees and then revised before final acceptance. We are indebted to the referees for their willingness to support this project and provide useful reports on the 50 submitted manuscripts.
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- Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2011