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Tiêu đề

The origins of liberal arts mathematics

Tác giả

George M.

Năm xuất bản

2010

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DOI

10.1080/10511970902839377

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78149244782&doi=10.1080%2f10511970902839377&partnerID=40&md5=f48562f0c5c7a25ab105079b02fed0eb

Tóm tắt

"Liberal arts mathematics" differs from traditional mathematics courses in that it consists of a disparate collection of topics, rather than being organized around a single mathematical subject. As a result, the educational rationale for and purpose of the course may be vague both to instructors and students. The purpose of this study is to examine the origins of liberal arts mathematics. Its precursor courses emerged as early as the 1930s in response to discontent with the traditional "freshman" mathematics courses, a discontent arising from both sociological factors and developments in educational psychology. In committees and on the pages of the mathematics education literature, educators promoted different solutions to the problem of how to better serve the mathematical needs of the general college student. These divergent and at times competing visions of a new course manifested in the mathematical "survey" course, and eventually in the course known today as liberal arts mathematics. It is argued that the origins of liberal arts mathematics are important to an understanding of the course's mathematics educational significance. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Từ khóa

College mathematics requirement; Conceptual understanding; Curricular change; History of mathematics education; Liberal arts mathematics; Significance of mathematics education

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