Let History into the Mathematics Classroom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book brings together 10 experiments which introduce historical perspectives into mathematics classrooms for 11 to 18-year-olds. The authors suggest that students should not only read ancient texts, but also should construct, draw and manipulate. The different chapters refer to ancient Greek, Indian, Chinese and Arabic mathematics as well as to contemporary mathematics. Students are introduced to well-known mathematicians-such as Gottfried Leibniz and Leonard Euler-as well as to less famous practitioners and engineers. Always, there is the attempt to associate the experiments with their scientific and cultural contexts. One of the main values of history is to show that the notions and concepts we teach were invented to solve problems. The different chapters of this collection all have, as their starting points, historic problems-mathematical or not. These are problems of exchanging and sharing, of dividing figures and volumes as well as engineers' problems, calculations, equations and congruence. The mathematical reasoning which accompanies these actions is illustrated by the use of drawings, folding, graphical constructions and the production of machines.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	History of Mathematics Education
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Evelyne Barbin • Jean-Paul Guichard • Marc Moyon • Patrick Guyot • Catherine Morice-Singh • Frederic Metin • Martine Buhler • Dominique Tournes • Renaud Chorlay • Gerard Hamon
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	146
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-57149-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Promotions
LSN:	3-319-57149-4
Barcode:	9783319571492

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