In the first decade after the turn of the millennium, previous doubts about the inclusion of the ... more In the first decade after the turn of the millennium, previous doubts about the inclusion of the history of mathematics in education also received more attention. Several researchers point to the difficulties of teachers enthusiastic on the topic, to the research methodological difficulties of such studies, and the need to increase the number of empirical researches. In addition to increasing the amount of such empirical evidence, this paper seeks to contribute to the continuously developing answers to the basic questions (what and how?) of integrating the history of mathematics into public education in the recent decades by presenting a given topic, the teaching of numeral systems based on history, and the results of the related surveys. In the course of our research, we examined the question of whether the use of the history of mathematics as a tool, as opposed to teaching by focusing solely on routine tasks, helps to fix the curriculum into the long-term memory.
Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, Jul 1, 2019
Although in Hungary, for decades, the calculation method of the square root of a real number is n... more Although in Hungary, for decades, the calculation method of the square root of a real number is not in the mathematics curriculum, many of the taught concepts and procedures can be carried out using different square root finding methods. These provide an opportunity for students in secondary school to practice and deepen understand the compulsory curriculum. This article presents seven square-root-finding methods, currently teachable in secondary schools.
In the first decade after the turn of the millennium, previous doubts about the inclusion of the ... more In the first decade after the turn of the millennium, previous doubts about the inclusion of the history of mathematics in education also received more attention. Several researchers point to the difficulties of teachers enthusiastic on the topic, to the research methodological difficulties of such studies, and the need to increase the number of empirical researches. In addition to increasing the amount of such empirical evidence, this paper seeks to contribute to the continuously developing answers to the basic questions (what and how?) of integrating the history of mathematics into public education in the recent decades by presenting a given topic, the teaching of numeral systems based on history, and the results of the related surveys. In the course of our research, we examined the question of whether the use of the history of mathematics as a tool, as opposed to teaching by focusing solely on routine tasks, helps to fix the curriculum into the long-term memory.
Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, Jul 1, 2019
Although in Hungary, for decades, the calculation method of the square root of a real number is n... more Although in Hungary, for decades, the calculation method of the square root of a real number is not in the mathematics curriculum, many of the taught concepts and procedures can be carried out using different square root finding methods. These provide an opportunity for students in secondary school to practice and deepen understand the compulsory curriculum. This article presents seven square-root-finding methods, currently teachable in secondary schools.
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