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Peer reviewedLaubenbacher, Reinhard C.; Pengelley, David J. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1992
Describes the history of five selected problems from mathematics that are included in an undergraduate honors course designed to utilize original sources for demonstrating the evolution of ideas developed in solving these problems: area and the definite integral, the beginnings of set theory, solutions of algebraic equations, Fermat's last…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Concept Formation
