APA
In-text citation: (De Vittori, 2021)
Reference: De Vittori, T. (2021). On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education.
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 16(3), em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
AMA
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: De Vittori T. On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education.
INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2021;16(3), em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
Chicago
In-text citation: (De Vittori, 2021)
Reference: De Vittori, Thomas. "On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education".
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2021 16 no. 3 (2021): em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
Harvard
In-text citation: (De Vittori, 2021)
Reference: De Vittori, T. (2021). On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education.
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 16(3), em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
MLA
In-text citation: (De Vittori, 2021)
Reference: De Vittori, Thomas "On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education".
International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 16, no. 3, 2021, em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
Vancouver
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: De Vittori T. On the Role of Imagination in the Use of History in Mathematics Education. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2021;16(3):em0660.
https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/11296
Abstract
Based on an experiment carried out with 10- to 11-year-old pupils, this paper questions the place of imagination in a class activity using the history of mathematics. The study focuses on three groups of pupils who were offered three variants of the same activity based on base-60 counting (our time measurement system inherited from the Babylonians). To identify differences and similarities between the three scenarios, a quantitative analysis, using a Principal Component Analysis (PCA), was carried out on the basis of the pupils’ productions and a questionnaire. The approach remains exploratory, but it seems to indicate that imagination plays a relevant role in sessions using history of mathematics.