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Brian Darrow Jr. – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2023
Arithmetic was the first mathematical subject to enter the school curriculum in the United States in a formalized manner. Until the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the prevailing pedagogy of this subject revolved around the tenets of mental discipline theory and the rules method of teaching, which valued memorization and repetitive drill…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational History, Teaching Methods, Arithmetic