Mathematics Emerging: From Colorado to Oxford
Anderson M.; Hollings C.; Wilson R.
2019
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10.1080/10511970.2018.1488785
History of mathematics courses based on original source materials are becoming increasingly common. However, are they more suitable for particular types of students? Here we compare two such upper-level courses, with a similar structure and using the same textbook, taken by liberal arts students at Colorado College and mathematics specialists at Oxford University. ©, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
History of mathematics; undergraduate teaching
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