Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, David Lindsay Roberts

Gebundenes Buch

Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800-2000

Beschreibung

From the blackboard to the graphing calculator, the tools developed to teach mathematics in America have a rich history shaped by educational reform, technological innovation, and spirited entrepreneurship. In "Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800-2000," Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay Roberts present the first systematic historical study of the objects used in the American mathematics classroom. They discuss broad tools of presentation and pedagogy (not only blackboards and textbooks, but early twentieth-century standardized tests, teaching machines, and the overhead projector), tools for calculation, and tools for representation and measurement. Engaging and accessible, this volume tells the stories of how specific objects such as protractors, geometric models, slide rules, electronic calculators, and computers came to be used in classrooms, and how some disappeared.

Autor

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell is curator of the mathematics collections at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings is an associate adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland University College. David Lindsay Roberts is an adjunct professor in the Department of Developmental Mathematics at Prince George's Community College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 231mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780801888144
• ISBN-10: 080188814X
• Artikelnr.: 23348327