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    Importance of History of Mathematics in Math Learning

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    This document outlines an assignment given to students in an Elementary Statistics class to research important mathematicians and statisticians. The goal was to motivate students and show them how mathematics has developed over time. Students worked in groups to research a mathematician's life, important works, and contributions. They created PowerPoint presentations summarizing what they learned. The objective was for students to improve their research, presentation, and teamwork skills while connecting the mathematicians' work to their statistics course curriculum.

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    Importance of History of

    Mathematics in Math
    Learning
    Prabha Betne
    LaGuardia Community College
    Mathematics Department
    April 8, 2005

    Background
    This presentation is about an inquiry based learning
    project that was conducted in an Elementary Statistics
    class.
    The study involved a search of the biographical literature
    about a mathematician, and an inquiry into the various
    contributions made by him/her.
    Five groups of students researched their subjects using
    library resources, online databases, and search engines.
    Each group developed a PowerPoint presentation,
    incorporating images found on the web.

    The Assignment
    In this project you will research about a
    mathematician/statistician assigned to your
    group. Consider the following points to
    include in your research.
    1. About the person (one small paragraph)
    2. Some interesting situations or events in the life of this
    person

    The Assignment (continue)


    3.

    Select a work of this person that relates to one of the


    topics included in your course. Discuss why this work
    was needed (what problem led to the development of the
    work), how this work led to the solution of that problem.
    For example: the famous thinker Archimedes
    discovered the relationship between density, mass and
    volume known as Archimedes principle when ordered by
    the King to find out if there was impurity in the Kings
    gold crown.
    You may also add your thoughts about other applications
    of this work.

    Goal
    The goal of this project was to motivate the students
    and give them reasons to learn more about the people
    and historical contexts that have led to the
    development of mathematics.

    Objective
    Students will be able to research the lives and
    contributions of mathematicians, discern what information
    is relevant, and create a multi-media presentation
    summarizing what they have learned.
    This will motivate students to learn the subject, and learn
    how to work in a team. They will also find ways to apply
    what they are learning about their subjects to the course
    curriculum, as well as to other fields of study or
    employment.

    Activity Overview
    Five groups of four students each were established. Each
    group bore the name of an important mathematician or
    statistician: Andrei Kolmogrov, Carl Friedrich Gauss,
    Florence Nightingale, John Tukey, and R. A. Fisher. The
    students were charged with finding out any important and
    interesting events in the persons life, researching the
    contributions of this person to the field of mathematics or
    statistics, and describing at least one piece of the subjects
    professional work related to topics in the course curricula.
    The students presented their work utilizing PowerPoint
    presentations.

    Example of Students Work


    http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/dfl/sampler
    /docs/pbetne/maria-nightinangale.ppt
    http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/dfl/sampler
    /docs/pbetne/Presentation1-tukey.ppt
    http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/dfl/sampler
    /docs/pbetne/probability-kolmogorov.ppt

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