Learn from the masters! /
Learn from the masters! /
edited by Frank Swetz ... [et. al].
- [Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, c1995.
- x, 303 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Classroom resource materials .
Proceedings of an international conference/workshop on the history of mathematics held in Kristiansand, Norway, August, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references.
History of mathematics can help improve instruction and learning / Role in the history of mathematics of algorithms and analogies / Using problems from the history of mathematics in classroom instruction / Revisiting the history of logarithms / Napier's logarithms adapted for today's classroom / Trigonometry comes out of the shadows / Alluvial deposits, conic sections, and improper glasses, or history of mathematics applied in the classroom / Historical example of mathematical modeling: the trajectory of a cannonball / Concept of function--its history and teaching / Shmuel Avital -- Phillip S. Jones -- Frank J. Swetz -- John Fauvel -- Victor J. Katz -- Frank J. Swetz -- Jan A. van Maanen -- Frank J. Swetz -- Man-Keung Siu. My favorite ways of using history in teaching calculus / Improved teaching of the calculus through the use of historical materials / Euler and Heuristic reasoning / Converging concepts of series: learning from history / Historical thoughts on infinite numbers / Historical ideas in teaching linear algebra / Wessel on vectors / Who needs vectors? / Teaching of abstract algebra: an historical perspective / Toward the definition of an abstract ring / In Hilbert's shadow: notes toward a redefinition of introductory group theory / V. Frederick Rickey -- Michel Helfgott -- Man-Keung Siu -- Joel P. Lehmann -- Lars Mejlbo -- Victor J. Katz -- Otto B. Bekken -- Karen Reich -- Israel Kleiner -- David M. Burton and Donovan H. Van Osdol -- Anthony D. Gardiner. Episode in the history of celestial mechanics and its utility in the teaching of applied mathematics / Mathematical thinking and history of mathematics / Topics course in mathematics / Eric J. Aiton -- Man-Keung Siu -- Abe Shenitzer.
0883857030 (pbk.) 9780883857038: No price
95078461
Mathematics--History--Congresses
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Congresses
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Congresses
History of mathematics
510.71
Proceedings of an international conference/workshop on the history of mathematics held in Kristiansand, Norway, August, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references.
History of mathematics can help improve instruction and learning / Role in the history of mathematics of algorithms and analogies / Using problems from the history of mathematics in classroom instruction / Revisiting the history of logarithms / Napier's logarithms adapted for today's classroom / Trigonometry comes out of the shadows / Alluvial deposits, conic sections, and improper glasses, or history of mathematics applied in the classroom / Historical example of mathematical modeling: the trajectory of a cannonball / Concept of function--its history and teaching / Shmuel Avital -- Phillip S. Jones -- Frank J. Swetz -- John Fauvel -- Victor J. Katz -- Frank J. Swetz -- Jan A. van Maanen -- Frank J. Swetz -- Man-Keung Siu. My favorite ways of using history in teaching calculus / Improved teaching of the calculus through the use of historical materials / Euler and Heuristic reasoning / Converging concepts of series: learning from history / Historical thoughts on infinite numbers / Historical ideas in teaching linear algebra / Wessel on vectors / Who needs vectors? / Teaching of abstract algebra: an historical perspective / Toward the definition of an abstract ring / In Hilbert's shadow: notes toward a redefinition of introductory group theory / V. Frederick Rickey -- Michel Helfgott -- Man-Keung Siu -- Joel P. Lehmann -- Lars Mejlbo -- Victor J. Katz -- Otto B. Bekken -- Karen Reich -- Israel Kleiner -- David M. Burton and Donovan H. Van Osdol -- Anthony D. Gardiner. Episode in the history of celestial mechanics and its utility in the teaching of applied mathematics / Mathematical thinking and history of mathematics / Topics course in mathematics / Eric J. Aiton -- Man-Keung Siu -- Abe Shenitzer.
0883857030 (pbk.) 9780883857038: No price
95078461
Mathematics--History--Congresses
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Congresses
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Congresses
History of mathematics
510.71