Translating Euclid: Designing a Human-centered Mathematics

Name: Translating Euclid: Designing a Human-centered Mathematics
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ISBN: 9781627051354

ISBN-10: 162705135X

ISBN-13: 9781627051354

Edition: 2013

Authors: Gerry Stahl

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Translating Euclid reports on an effort to transform geometry for students from a stylus-and-clay-tablet corpus of historical theorems to a stimulating computer-supported collaborative-learning inquiry experience. The origin of geometry was a turning point in the pre-history of informatics, literacy, and rational thought. Yet, this triumph of human intellect became ossified through historic layers of systematization, beginning with Euclid's organization of the Elements of geometry. Often taught by memorization of procedures, theorems, and proofs, geometry in schooling rarely conveys its underlying intellectual excitement. The recent development of dynamic-geometry software offers an…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English