Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' attitudes about the history of mathematics

This study was conducted to show that using historical material to teach mathematical content to pre-service secondary mathematics teachers could improve their attitudes about incorporating the history of mathematics into the mathematics classroom. A historical module from the Mathematical Association of America was taught to an undergraduate class of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers. Their attitudes regarding the use of the history of mathematics in the mathematics classroom were then compared to the attitudes of students in another undergraduate class, taught by the same researcher, whose instruction did not incorporate history. Results from t-tests indicate that there was a positive change in attitude amongst the students in the experimental group. This study did not, however, verify a distinction in achievement between the two groups.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2000

Author dc:creator

• Sullivan, Kelly Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Juli K. Dixon

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1160

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2159