What is it about?
A discussion in fifth grade class-group is analysed to show what are the action and decision taken by the teacher to exploit the potential of a text taken by Tartaglia's translation of the Elements by Euclid. The analysis shows that there is a back and forth to the task to let all the pupils engage in the discussion.
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Research on the use of historical sources in school is growing in the field of mathematics education, but there is not so much research at the primary level and specifically on the role of the teacher.
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Research on the use of historical sources in school is growing in the field of mathematics education, but there is not so much research at the primary level and specifically on the role of the teacher.
Andrea Maffia
Universita degli Studi di Bologna
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This page is a summary of: Exploiting the potential of primary historical sources in primary school: a focus on teacher’s actions, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, August 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0020739x.2018.1506172.
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