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A Revolution in Mathematics? What Really Happened a Century Ago and Why It Matters Today (2012)

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Revolutions in science Mathematics education Mathematics 20th century, early

The main point of this article is not that a revolution occurred, but that there are penalties for not being aware of it. First, precollege mathematics education is still based on nineteenth-century methodology, and it seems to me that we will not get satisfactory outcomes until this changes [9]. Second, the mathematical community is adapted to the social and intellectual environment of the mid- and late twentieth century, and this environment is changing in ways likely to marginalize core mathematics. But core mathematics provides the skeleton that supports the muscles and sinews of science and technology; marginalization will lead to a scientific analogue of osteoporosis. Deliberate management [2] might avoid this, but only if the disease is recognized.

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Authors & Contributors
Zuccheri, Luciana
Paola Magrone
Stawiska, Małgorzata
Enea, Maria Rosaria
Caglayan, Gunhan
Domoradzki, Stanisław
Journals
Historia Mathematica
Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Science and Education
Studia Historiae Scientiarum
Tarikh-e Elm (The Iranian Journal for the History of Science)
Publishers
Docent Press
Arizona State University
Universität Stuttgart
Springer
Concepts
Mathematics education
Mathematics
Teaching; pedagogy
Mathematicians
Periodicals; serials
Textbooks
People
De Quesada, Christoforo Alasia
Theon of Smyrna
Smith, David Eugene
Sexton, Albert
Padilla y Arcos, Pedro
Osgood, William Fogg
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Modern
18th century
Qajar dynasty, Iran (1794-1925)
Ancient
Places
United States
France
Germany
Europe
China
United Kingdom
Institutions
Imperial University of Peking
Universität Stuttgart
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