History of Mathematics for Middle Grade Teachers
This course will provide a thematic approach to the history of mathematics with emphasis on contributions by noted mathematicians, mathematical societies and scientists highlighting women and under-represented populations. The history of numbers and numerals, computation, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and science patterns will be explored emphasizing the contributions of the Babylonian, Egyptian, Chinese, and Roman civilizations as well as such individuals as Euclid, Fermat, Archimedes, Kepler, Pythagoras, Euler, Hypatia, Sonjs Kovalevsky, Emmy Noether and others as appropriate. The influence of technology and its applications will also be presented as appropriate.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a unique historical perspective on the various areas of mathematics that are studied in the middle grade mathematics curriculum.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a unique historical perspective on the various areas of mathematics that are studied in the middle grade mathematics curriculum.