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Teaching Mathematics Through Problem Modelling and Solving
The teaching of mathematics in high school and university and its relationship with problem modelling and solving is at the centre of debate in many...
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Computer Experiment in Teaching Mathematics
AbstractA mathematical experiment has always been a key source for a mathematical discovery. Over the past 50 years, thanks to digital technologies,...
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Mathematics, History of Mathematics and Poncelet: The Context of the Ecole Polytechnique
Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867) is known as a geometer whose mathematical contributions were crucial for the development of what would later become...
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Semiosphere lens for mathematics teacher education
This paper discusses the lack of compulsory practices for mathematics teachers’ professional development in Italy, as well as the challenges that...
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Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2021 Volume
This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases...
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Advice to a Young Mathematician Wishing to Enter the History of Mathematics
In this chapter, I will try to explain some basic issues in doing the history of mathematics, which seem almost self-evident though often not easy to...
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Primary School Mathematics in the Context of Digitalization
AbstractWe consider the content and methods of teaching mathematics in primary school in the context of digitalization. The necessity of a...
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History as a Source of Mathematical Narrative in Develo** Students’ Interpretations of Mathematics
The stereotypical images for mathematics and narrative are: mathematics is logical, certain, and objective, whereas narrative is often perceived as...
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The Algebra Project, Feature Talk, and the History of Mathematics
Robert P. Moses (1935–2021) was an activist and educator who taught mathematics and studied philosophy. Bob Moses is renowned for his efforts to...
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Mathematics in Astronomy at Harvard College Before 1839 as a Case Study for Teaching Historical Writing in Mathematics Courses
Writing a research paper is an important but challenging milestone for secondary and undergraduate students, one that does not need to be limited to...
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Ethnomathematics Affirmed Through Cognitive Mathematics and Academic Achievement: Quality Mathematics Teaching and Learning Benefits
Ethnomathematics is the intersection where mathematics and culture meet. It is a teaching philosophy that directs and guides mathematics learning...
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A Problem-Oriented Multiple Perspective Way into History of Mathematics – What, Why and How Illustrated by Practice
This chapter is written with students in mind. It introduces and describes a problem-oriented multiple perspective approach to history of...
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The Impact of Political Decisions on Mathematics
This last chapter analyzes a selection of cases where political decisions affected, positively or not, the research and teaching of mathematics: the...
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Teaching and Learning Authentic Mathematics: The Case of Proving
As the goals of mathematics instruction have broadened over the past few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of the idea that there is...
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Teaching and Learning Authentic Mathematics: The Case of Proving
As the goals of mathematics instruction have broadened over the past few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of the idea that there is...
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History Is a Foreign Country: A Journey Through the History of Mathematics
This chapter has three strands that are interwoven together to trace a narrative showing how understanding of a contextual development of a...
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Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics The CSHPM 2019-2020 Volume
This volume contains eleven papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Société canadienne...
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Why Are Learning and Teaching Mathematics So Difficult?
Decades ago Hans Freudenthal referred to the school mathematics experienced by most students as the “fossilized remains” of reasoning processes....
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Why Are Learning and Teaching Mathematics So Difficult?
Decades ago Hans Freudenthal referred to the school mathematics experienced by most students as the “fossilized remains” of reasoning processes....
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Max Dehn as Historian of Mathematics
Max Dehn thought that studying the history of mathematics offered an opportunity for cultural enrichment, particularly when undertaken with...