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Tahta, Dick – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1980
Some ways of thinking and acting geometrically are described which are related to the approach used by ancient humans. The focus is on intuitive geometric imagery, an attempt to resurrect a way of describing possible viewpoints of geometry outside of those commonly accepted. (MP)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Imagery
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Van Maanen, Jan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Describes a classroom experience in which the teacher experiments with integrating mathematics history into a calculus class by presenting a historical problem taken from L'Hopital to be solved by the students. Extracts the role that history can play in teaching mathematics from the experience. (MDH)
Descriptors: Calculus, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
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Gardner, J. Helen – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents activities that integrate story telling, history, and problem solving as a stimulus for discussion and creativity in the elementary mathematics classroom, and a way to relieve children's anxiety in an escalating curriculum. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, History, Integrated Activities
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Russ, Steve – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents contributions by six mathematics teachers responding to the question: "How has the history of mathematics mattered to me in my mathematics teaching?" Answers touch the topics of how and why, how benefits are accrued, use of original texts, integration into core curriculum courses, and pitfalls of history. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematical Enrichment
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Fuehrer, Lutz – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents three stories from mathematics history that can be integrated into classroom teaching: (1) the account of how Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth to discuss the concept of units in measurement, (2) ideas from Archimedes, Vite, and Descartes to introduce pi, and (3) the discovery of the Cardanic formula as an example of…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Heuristics, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum