A New Perspective on Mathematics Education Coming from History: The Example of Integral Calculus [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2021) (4th, Šiauliai, Lithuania, Jun 21-22, 2021).

Autor/in	Bussotti, Paolo
Titel	A New Perspective on Mathematics Education Coming from History: The Example of Integral Calculus [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2021) (4th, Šiauliai, Lithuania, Jun 21-22, 2021).
Quelle	(2021), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bussotti, Paolo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Calculus; Mathematics Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teaching Methods; Problem Solving; Secondary School Students; Visual Aids; Validity; Mathematical Logic; History; History Instruction; Mathematical Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Mathematische Bildung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Problemlösen; Sekundarschüler; Anschauungsmaterial; Gültigkeit; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht
Abstract	This research deals with a possible use of history of mathematics in mathematics education. In particular, history can be a fundamental element for the introduction of the concept of integral through a problem-centred and intuitive approach. Therefore, what follows is dedicated to the teaching of mathematics in the last years of secondary schools, where infinitesimal calculus is addressed. The thesis here proposed is that the resort to Archimedes' use of exhaustion method and to Newton's initial lemmas expounded in his Principia Mathematica are useful means to reach a genetic comprehension of the concept of integral. Hence, two demonstrations by Archimedes and two lemmas by Newton are used to prove such thesis. A further idea here proposed is that history of mathematics can be of help for an interdisciplinary education. [For the full proceedings, see ED620289.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01