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Mandatory Fields
OReilly, M.
Proceedings of the 10th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME10)
Multiple perspectives on working with original mathematical sources from the Edward Worth Library, Dublin
2017
December
Published
1
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Optional Fields
History of mathematics, Original sources, Cooperative learning
T. Dooley & G. Gueudet
1772
1779
Dublin: DCU Institute of Education & ERME
01-FEB-17
05-FEB-17
In the spring semester of 2016, the author worked with twenty undergraduate (BA) students on original sources from the Edward Worth Library (1733), in Dublin. The end goal was to produce an online exhibition of the mathematical works from that library. The approach to this collaborative work is given, set in the context of a more general framework of the pedagogical value of working with original sources for teaching the history of mathematics. Examples of feedback from the students are given, as is an outline of how the exhibition itself was eventually shaped. The conclusion reflects on the learning gained by all involved in the collaboration.
http://www.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/~erme/
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