Dreams of Calculus: Perspectives on Mathematics Education
English | 2008 | 120 pages | PDF | 10.5 MB
What is the relationship between modern
mathematics - more precisely computational
mathematics - and mathematical education? It is this controversal topic that the authors address with an in-depth analysis. In fact, what they present in an extremely well-reasoned account of the development of
mathematics and its culture giving concrete recommendation for a much-needed reform of the teaching of
mathematics. The book is essential reading for everybody involved in
mathematics and science, and
mathematics teaching.