Mathematical Roots: The Other Life of Florence Nightingale

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 337-339
Author(s):  
Christine Annette Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
The Other ◽  
German Mathematician ◽  
Florence Nightingale ◽  
Probability And Statistics ◽  
Bell Shaped Curve ◽  
School Mathematics Curriculum

Probability and Statistics are important parts of the school mathematics curriculum. Many students believe that these areas are recent additions to the field of mathematics. Probability and statistics, however, have been actively studied for more than three hundred years. James Bernoulli (1654–1705), a Swiss mathematician, developed important probability concepts. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) was a German mathematician who studied the distribution that takes on the famous bell-shaped curve. Another statistician from England, R. A. Fisher (1890–1962), argued for the importance of randomness when designing an experiment. All these men are well-known statisticians who made important contributions to the field of statistics. An individual who is not commonly discussed as an early contributor to the study of statistics is the famous English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820–1910).

scholarly journals CULTURAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM: THE ROLE OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-426
Author(s):  
Abolfazl Rafiepour ◽  
Danyal Farsani
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics Curriculum

In this paper, six mathematics curriculum changes in Iran will be reviewed, spanning from 1900 until the present time. At first, change forces, barriers, and the main features of each curriculum reform will be represented. The first five curriculum changes are described briefly and the sixth and most recent curriculum reform will be elaborated. In this paper, we call the last reform as contemporary school mathematics curriculum change. This recent (contemporary) curriculum reform will be explained in more detail, followed by a discussion of the effect of globalization and research finding in the field of mathematics and mathematics education (in the Iranian mathematics curriculum). In total, three key ideas are distinguished as an effect of globalization which is “New Math”, “International Comparative Studies”, and “Computational Thinking”. Finally, the paper comments on the necessity of paying more attention to information and communication technology as part of globalization; in particular, recall policy-makers to consider “Computational Thinking” as an important component of future curriculum design.

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