Math Colloquium September 16, 2009 - Why Do We Teach This Stuff Anyway?

Why Do We Teach This Stuff Anyway? A Brief History of School Math Eric Hsu, San Francisco State University How did Algebra 1 become the course that it did and how has it changed over the years? Who put those topics in and kept other topics out? Which aspects of the
school mathematics curricula are coherent and which aspects are historical accidents? These are important issues to ponder, especially in light of the recent
emphasis on moving Algebra to 8th grade and its use as a gatekeeper for graduation and college.

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