Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North America 1607-1861

The Central Role of Cyphering Books

Nerida Ellerton, M.A. (Ken) Clements (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2014
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-017-8095-7 (ISBN)

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The focus of this book is the fundamental influence of the cyphering tradition on mathematics education in North American colleges, schools, and apprenticeship training classes between 1607 and 1861. It is the first book on the history of North American mathematics education to be written from that perspective. The principal data source is a set of 207 handwritten cyphering books that have never previously been subjected to careful historical analysis.

Preface.- Table of Contents.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Abstract.- Foreword (by Jeremy Kilpatrick).- 1. The Historical Challenge.- 2. Development of a Tradition.- 3. Translating the Cyphering-Book Tradition to North America.- 4. Formulating the Research Questions.- 5. The Principal Data Set.- 6. Ending a 600-Year Tradition: The Demise of the Cypering-Book Approach.- 7. Conclusions, and some Final Comments.- References.- Appendices.

Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 226 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Schlagworte	Abbaco traditions in Mathematics Education • Ciphering books • Cyphering books • Cyphering tradition • History of Mathematics Education
ISBN-10	94-017-8095-1 / 9401780951
ISBN-13	978-94-017-8095-7 / 9789401780957
Zustand	Neuware