Full Description
This edited volume examines how historical mathematical experiments can enrich mathematics education for children aged 9 to 12. It presents nine chapters across three domains: numbers and calculation, magnitude and measurement, and space and geometry. Each chapter follows a consistent structure, beginning with historical context and followed by classroom activities conducted in French schools. Analyses include pupils' work and didactic insights into how history of mathematics supports conceptual understanding. The book offers bibliographies for further reading and is ideal for mathematics educators, teacher trainers, researchers in mathematics education, historians of mathematics, and mathematicians interested in educational practice.
Contents
Introduction.- Part I Numbers and Calculations: 1 A Journey in Mayan Numeration: Alice Morales and Jean-Baptiste Meilhan.- 2 From the Token Abacus to Written Calculation: Nathalie Daval and Dominique Tournès.- 3 The Mechanisation of Calculation: Frédérique Plantevin.- 4 Number Ratios: Another Approach to Fractions: Sylviane R. Schwer.- Part II Magnitudes and Measures: 5 Doubling the Square with Plato: Renaud Chorlay.- 6 1793, The Revolution of Time: Frédéric de Ligt.- 7 What if we Measured the Schoolyard? Surveying Experiences: Marc Troudet.- Part III Space and Geometry: 8 The Geometry of the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Marc Moyon.- 9 Protect Yourself With Mathematics: The Geometry of Fortifications: Frédéric Métin.
