Modern Tendencies in the Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools
Abstract
A convenient starting point for the history of the modern movement in teaching secondary mathematics in this country may be found in Dr. E. H. Moore's presidential address before the American Mathematical Society in 1903. But the movement here is only one manifestation of a world-wide movement which began gradually, and has been occupying the attention of American educators since the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1908, in his book "Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools, " D. E. Smith raises the question of the wisdom of the American custom of teaching arithmetic for eight years, algebra for one and geometry for one. He felt then that the equation should go with arithmetic and metrical geometry with drawing. This paralleling of algebra, arithmetic and geometry was then being used on the continent, but he found the arrangement of texts an obstacle to the joining up of the sciences.
Subject Area
Social structure|Mathematics education|Social work
Recommended Citation
Colligan, Anna F, "Modern Tendencies in the Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools" (1924). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097099.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097099
