International Mathematical Education: Concerning Plane Geometry in the Textbooks of Classes 7 and 8

1967 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Fritz Homagk
Keyword(s):  
Plane Geometry ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
International Mathematical

2. On the Work of the International Commission on Mathematical Teaching

1912 ◽  
Vol 6 (97) ◽  
pp. 243-246
Keyword(s):  
General Meeting ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
Mathematical Teaching ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
The Subject

The few remarks that I propose to make on this subject will hardly deserve the title of a “paper.” You are doubtless aware of the existence of the International Commission on Mathematical Education. The Commission owes its origin to the distinguished American mathematician, Professor D. E. Smith. At the International Mathematical Congress at Rome three years ago Professor Smith proposed that a “commission” be formed to enquire into questions of teaching, this Commission to report to the next meeting of the Congress, at Cambridge, on August 22-28, 1912. There have been intermediate meetings on the teaching part of the subject, and one meeting was held last September at Milan. It was not a general meeting, being attended mainly by official delegates from different countries. I had the honour of being present there, and it may perhaps interest you if I describe very briefly the matters that were under discussion.

International Mathematical Education: Note on the First International Congress on Mathematical Education

1970 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr ◽  
Jerry P. Becker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Host Country ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
Mathematics Educators

The First International Congress on Mathematical Education is now history. It was held in Lyon, France, August 24-30, 1969. Approximately 700 mathematics educators from 37 countries participated in this event. The United States was well represented, having approximately 100 participants. Only France, the host country, had a larger representation.

International Mathematical Education: The development of the teaching of mathematics in Soviet schools

1965 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 715-719
Author(s):  
R. S. Cherkasov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Opening Paragraph

When reading the article you will understand that the opening paragraph must be viewed against the background of the author's relation to his own government. The rest of the article is highly informative, enabling us to compare what has happened in Russia with what bas happened in the United States of America.—Howard F. Febr.

International Mathematical Education: Elitism and Excellence

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 505-509
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr ◽  
Lord C. P. Snow
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Mathematics And Science ◽  
Intellectual Climate

I thought of speaking about Science, Mathematics and the Imagination, but I have changed my mind. I fancy enough has been said on this kind of subject to last us for some time. I don't believe that many sentient educated people nowadays doubt that creative mathematics and science call for as high qualities of imagination as any human activity: if they do, they have no excuse. And I believe people are beginning to realise that creative science doesn't work as scientists used to pretend it did. Medawar's writings1 and James Watson's recent book2 have taught the simple lesson that, as a rule, scientists know the answer before they prove it. This is called the hypothetico-deductive method. All this is very interesting, but it is becoming part of the intellectual climate. So I have decided to say something on a more practical topic, where there are some decisions we may have to make—some of them quite soon. I am calling this topic Elitism and Excellence.

International Mathematical Education: Mathematics in the Schools of the U.S.S.R.

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
G. G. Masloya ◽  
A. I. Markushevitz
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Academic Plan ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

MUCH work has been done in the Soviet Union over the past years in improving school programs. A commission on the content of education, convened by the Academy of Sciences and Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the U.S.S.R., prepared a new academic plan for the high school and programs for all subjects, includiug mathematics. The chairman of the program commission in mathematics was academician A. N. Kolmogorov.

International Mathematical Education: The Czechoslovak National Mathematical Olympiads

1968 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Julius H. Hlavaty
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
National Level ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
East European ◽  
International Mathematical

SINCE 1950 every young hopeful future mathematician in a secondary school in Czechoslovakia, or even in elementary school, looks forward to the various rounds of the annual mathematical olympiad. He has hopes for valuable prizes (mostly books on mathematics)- but even more to the sheer glory of recognition (in the form of certificates) on a local, regional, or national level. If he is in the last year of a secondary school, he may even reach the International Olympiad conducted annually (since 1959) by the East European countries.

International Mathematical Education: The Chambery Plan— Stages and Perspectives in the Reform of Mathematics Instruction

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
First Report ◽  
International Mathematical ◽  
Public Instruction

For a number of years, the Association of Professors of Public Instruction (APMEP) has studied the problems posed by the evolution of the sciences, especially that aspect of education which concerns instruction in mathematics. Through the auspices of its Commission on Research and Reform, which has taken the initiative to bring things together, contacts have been made with professors of other disciplines, with researchers, with psychologists, and with engineers. The action of the APMEP is not unknown to the membership of the Ministerial Commission for Mathematics Instruction, headed by Professor Lichnerowicz, whose first report, published in March 1967, marked an important change in subsequent procedures.

International Mathematical Education: High School Mathematics Reform in Greece

1966 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 671-674
Author(s):  
C. B. Glavas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
Mathematics Reform ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
International Mathematical

In this article the school mathematics reform in Greece is examined. The exposition is on the present phase of the reform, which is limited to the lower cycle of the high school (ages twelve to fifteen).

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