LAI 543LEC - Implications of the History of Mathematics for Teaching

Developing knowledge about some important facts, dates, and persons in the history of mathematics, and familiarity with available resources for extending this knowledge. Appreciation of the nature of mathematics as socially-constructed and culture-bound, as “the queen and the handmaiden of the sciences,” and as an evolving body of knowledge based on proof. Relations between students’ experiences learning mathematics and the historical development of mathematics.

Credits: 3