Computations and Computing Devices in Mathematics Education Before the Advent of Electronic Calculators

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Volkov, Alexei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Freiman, Viktor (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Mathematics Education in the Digital Era, 11
• Subjects: Mathematics-Study and teaching .; Computers.; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematics Education.; History of Computing.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This volume traces back the history of interaction between the "computational" or "algorithmic" aspects of elementary mathematics and mathematics education throughout ages. More specifically, the examples of mathematical practices analyzed by the historians of mathematics and mat...