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Peer reviewedFauvel, John – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents reasons advanced for using history in mathematics education, ways of using history in the mathematics classroom and the use of history in teaching mathematics. Provides distinctions between the latter two points. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematical Enrichment
Peer reviewedVan 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
Peer reviewedAlsina, C.; Trillas, E. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents the concept of "Fuzzy Sets" and gives some ideas for its potential interest in mathematics education. Defines what a Fuzzy Set is, describes why we need to teach fuzziness, gives some examples of fuzzy questions, and offers some examples of activities related to fuzzy sets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Estimation (Mathematics), Functions (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedGardner, 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
Peer reviewedRuss, 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
Peer reviewedFuehrer, 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
Peer reviewedBorasi, Raffaella; Siegel, Marjorie – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
Given the recent reconceptualizations about the nature and the role of writing within the mathematics curriculum, the proposal to instigate similar reconceptualizations, regarding the nature and the role of reading mathematics within curricular designs, is discussed with respect to appropriate strategies and relevant contexts. (JJK)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation
