Titlebook: Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North America 1607-1861; The Central Role of Nerida Ellerton,M.A. (Ken) Clements Book 2012

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Formulating the Research Questions,w the authors came to believe that the early history of school mathematics in North America between 1607 and about 1861 needed to be rewritten—because previous historians had not recognized the fundamentally powerful influence of the cyphering tradition. The chapter closes with a statement of five r

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The Principal Data Set,ared between 1701 and 1861, is the largest single collection of cyphering books in the nation. In Chapter 5, questions associated with where and when the cyphering books were prepared, and by whom, are considered in the light of the author’s analyses of their PDS. It is noted that the number of stud

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Ending a 600-Year Tradition: The Demise of the Cyphering Approach,nsidered. Three reasons are given: first, the introduction, in the 1840s, of externally-set written examinations in mathematics meant that no longer were cyphering books regarded as the most important evidence in relation to teaching and learning efficiency; second, normal schools spread rapidly aft

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Conclusions, and Some Final Comments,an “ownership” of the mathematics they studied, and that many students who prepared cyphering books proudly used these as reference books for the rest of their lives. The chapter closes with a list of researchable questions, associated with the cyphering tradition, for future investigation.

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Development of a Tradition,avigators or surveyors. This chapter traces how the cyphering tradition, which was originally developed in India and in Arab nations, was introduced into Italian city states around 1200. Gradually, it was adopted in Western Europe, including France, the Germanic states, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.

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