Visual aids in the nine chapters on the mathematical art: connections between geometry and algebra in secondary school

• Autores: Iolanda Guevara Casanova
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 78-89
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The introduction of different procedures to solve problems in the mathematics classroom fosters the connection between contents and favours the students learning because it does not limit them to a closed and finished vision of the brought up problem.

    The use of historical texts in the classroom is a good resource to show this variety of procedures, that enrich the learning and fosters a wider vision of mathematics as a science in continuous evolution.

    The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (1st century AD), a classical reference text in ancient Chinese mathematics, contains more than two hundred problems that deal with subjects as diverse as calculation with fractions, use of proportions, root extractions, resolution of right-angled triangles, resolution of 1st and 2nd degree equations, and resolution of equations systems