Overview

From the blackboard to the graphing calculator, the tools developed to teach mathematics in America have a rich history shaped by educational reform, technological innovation, and spirited entrepreneurship. In Tools of American Mathematics Teaching, 1800-2000, Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay Roberts present the first systematic historical study of the objects used in the American mathematics classroom. They discuss broad tools of presentation and pedagogy (not only blackboards and textbooks, but early twentieth-century standardized tests, teaching machines, and the overhead projector), tools for calculation, and tools for representation and measurement. Engaging and accessible, this volume tells the stories of how specific objects such as protractors, geometric models, slide rules, electronic calculators, and computers came to be used in classrooms, and how some disappeared.

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Author:   Peggy Aldrich Kidwell (Smithsonian Institution) ,  Amy Ackerberg-Hastings (Associate Adjunct Professor, History, University of Maryland) ,  David Lindsay Roberts (Prince George's Community College)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780801888144

ISBN 10:   080188814
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   06 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Tools of Presentation and General Pedagogy 1. Textbooks: Creating a National Standard 2. The Blackboard: An Indispensable Necessity 3. Standardized Tests: The Many Guises of Efficiency 4. The Overhead Projector: Snapping the Class to Attention 5. Teaching Machines and Programmed Instruction: A Lifeline in a Sea of Students Part II: Tools of Calculation 6. The Abacus: Palpable Arithmetic 7. The Slide Rule: Useful Instruction for Practical People 8. The Cube Root Block: Teaching Evolution in the Schools 9. Blocks, Beads, and Bars: Learning Numbers through Manipulation Part III: Tools of Measurement and Representation 10. The Protractor: Acute Solutions for Obtuse Students 11. Metric Teaching Apparatus: Making a Lasting Impression? 12. Graph Paper: From the Railroad Survey to the Classroom 13. Geometric Models: Ocular Demonstrations 14. Linkages: A Peculiar Fascination Part IV: Electronic Technology and Mathematical Learning 15. Calculators: From Calculating Machines to the Little Professor 16. Minicomputers: Drill, Programming, and Instructional Games 17. Early Microcomputers: The Lure of Novelty 18. Graphing Calculators and Software Systems: The Media with a College Education Notes Index

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This book will be a crucial reference for anyone trying to understand the history of mathematics education in America. -- Fernando GouvAaa, American Scientist

Author Information

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell is curator of the mathematics collections at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings is an associate adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland University College. David Lindsay Roberts is an adjunct professor in the Department of Developmental Mathematics at Prince George's Community College.

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