On  the  History of Science in the  High School Mathematics Textbook‏s

Saraji, P.; Asarzadegan, N.

doi:10.30504/mct.2021.313

On the History of Science in the High School Mathematics Textbook‏s

Document Type : Opinion

Authors

P. Saraji ¹

N. Asarzadegan ²

¹ Department of Mathematics, Farhangian University, Iran

² Isfahan Mathematics House

10.30504/mct.2021.313

Abstract

Studying the history of science shows the ways and methods of the discoverers of science and the factors influencing the success or failure of scientists. It is expected that the evolution and discovery of scientific subjects will be mentioned in the textbooks as a written document of the culture of the society that is provided to the students. Studying the history of mathematics, especially, can play a significant role in improving the quality of mathematics education. In this article, the margins added to the text of non-mathematical textbooks with the title "Readable", including historical references, have been critically examined and a number of obvious mistakes in these sections have been raised and suggestions for their correction have been presented.

Keywords

math. textbook

history of mathematics

history of science

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Subjects

History and biography

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