School Mathematics and “Real” Mathematics

Bonnie Gold ()
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Bonnie Gold: Monmouth University, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy, 2017, pp 125-137 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This is a good time in the history of mathematics to reconsider the question “What is mathematics?” due to the large number of new fields of mathematics, and fields close to mathematics that we don’t consider to be mathematics, developed in the last century. What do subjects that are considered mathematics have in common, that those that are not part of mathematics lack? As a contribution to this approach, we discuss here the extent to which school mathematics is “real” mathematics.

Keywords: School-level Problems; Common Core State Standards; Real Mathematics; Eighth Grade Teachers; Integer Side Lengths (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_12

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