ERIC Number: EJ1033365
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Publication Date: 2014
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Using Albrecht Dürer's "Instruction on Measurement" for Projects in the Mathematics Classroom
Tamulis, Andrius
PRIMUS, v24 n8 p753-763 2014
Albrecht Dürer is well known as a Renaissance artist, but his 1525 work, the "Underweysung der Messung," or "Manual on Measurement," also contains a significant amount of mathematics. This article outlines four projects inspired by parts of this work, with additional material coming from Staigmüller's 1891 "Dürer als Mathematiker." Before-and-after questionnaires were given to the students who worked the projects; their responses are analyzed.
Descriptors: Artists, Measurement, Mathematics, History, Student Projects, Mathematics Instruction, History Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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