first to develop the study of mathematics. This paper will discuss the development of mathematics in ancient Egypt, focusing on the use of hieroglyphs, the decimal system, and hieratic writing and numerals to demonstrate that the Egyptians made notable contributions to modern day understandings of mathematics. The foundations of mathematics are strongly rooted in the history and way of life of the Egyptian people, dating back to the
Based on the Council of Teacher of Mathematics,(1993) “Multiplication involves the counting of units of a size other than one.” The repeated addition definition while is a useful link between multiplication and addition is limiting if it is students’ only concept of multiplication. The meaning of the multiplication sign, “×”, depends on the language of the speaker. In Japanese it always means “multiplied by.” “3 × 4” and “3 times 4” mean, “Three multiplied by four,” or four groups of three items
This paper serves to compare the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards for Secondary Mathematics (NCTM), Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and Virginia’s Standards of Learning (VSOL). The comparison will include similarities and differences among the three documents as well as discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Lastly, a combined set of standards will be developed and presented, encompassing the strengths of the various standards. The first similarity between the three documents
Interdisciplinary Disciplines: Mathematics & Informatics Nichole Erickson Arizona State University During the process of determining my major here at Arizona State University, I contemplated many different disciplines. The first three years of my undergraduate coursework was focused on the study of software engineering after transferring from a community college where I had a liberal arts focus, but had taken many mathematics courses. The culmination of these studies, along with two summer internships
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not vary smoothly in this way, but have distinct, separated values. Discrete mathematics therefore excludes topics in "continuous mathematics" such as calculus and analysis. Discrete objects
The History of Math Mathematics, study of relationships among quantities, magnitudes, and properties and of logical operations by which unknown quantities, magnitudes, and properties may be deduced. In the past, mathematics was regarded as the science of quantity, whether of magnitudes, as in geometry, or of numbers, as in arithmetic, or of the generalization of these two fields, as in algebra. Toward the middle of the 19th century, however, mathematics came to be regarded increasingly as the
This article gives an overview of the history and development of Mathematics education in Botswana from post-colonial times to the present appropriately and its implications to for teaching and learning in both primary and secondary schools from independence to date . Developing education means upgrading the existing education system or creating a new educational system. The mathematical education system in the world has always been unstable and its curriculum keeps on changing to match the latest
the power of numbers.".Numerology is any belief in divine, mystical or other special relationship between a number and some coinciding events. Experience: Today, numerology is often associated with the paranormal, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts. Despite the long history of numerological ideas, the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907. Reflection: It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Numerology and numerological divination by systems such as isopsephy were
Scope of mathematics This article will provide an overview of the NCTM process and content standards. Educators first studying the standards may feel overwhelmed with the amount of content addressed within each grade-level span. State frameworks that dictate standards for each grade level exacerbate this situation. However, a longitudinal view will show how the same topics are developed over several years in a spiral and interconnected pattern. For example, the
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION IN PHILIPPINE EDUCATION CURRICULUM Alazada, Noreen Dianne Sanga Bachelor of Science in Development Communication Education 102 Section U March 17, 2011 INTRODUCTION When the researcher entered the College of Development Communication two years ago, there are many instances that the decline in the proficiency of Filipino students in Mathematics and Science examinations all over the countries in Asia was mentioned by the professors. “Filipino students have low