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Peer reviewedFuehrer, Lutz – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Presents three stories from mathematics history that can be integrated into classroom teaching: (1) the account of how Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth to discuss the concept of units in measurement, (2) ideas from Archimedes, Vite, and Descartes to introduce pi, and (3) the discovery of the Cardanic formula as an example of…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Heuristics, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
