Document Type

Conference Presentation

Publication Date

5-28-2009

Department

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

Keywords

history of mathematics, mathematics education

Abstract

An integrated approach that more intrinsically connects the historical development of mathematics with its content enables students to learn how an idea or method emerged while simultaneously exposing (i) the dynamic nature of mathematics along with (ii) its connections to other fields, and (iii) its cultural embeddedness. Examples will be given from a textbook currently in development.

Comments

Presentation from the 17th Biennial Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences held on the campus of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, May 27-30, 2009.

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