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ERIC Number: EJ473416
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Teaching Huygens in the Rue Huygens: Introducing the History of 17th-Century Mathematics in a Junior Secondary School.
Hallez, Maryvonne
Science and Education, v1 n3 p313-28 1992
Recounts teaching mathematics to junior high school students in France in the context of seventeenth-century mathematics history. Examines extracts of original works by Leibniz on the origin of calculus and of Huygens on continued fractions. Investigates historical puzzles and a variety of mathematical problems arising out of the texts. (MDH)
Descriptors: Calculus, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematicians, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thematic Approach
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France
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