• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.143-155
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• 2011

The discriminant is one of the important concepts in school mathematics according to second degree polynomials. In this paper we survey the history of development to discriminant of any higher degree polynomials and investigate how the discriminant works for determining the graph of polynomials.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.73-82
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• 2001

In this article we studied one of the greatest mathematicians and pedagogues, A.N. Kolmogorov. He wrote about five hundreds o( books and articles in the fields of pure mathematics and mathematics education. In this paper we in detail introduced Kolmogorov's history of mathematics education and his theory of mathematical abilities, and elaborated this theory. In addition, we suggested some materials which are aimed to develop mathematical abilities in correspondence to the theory of Kolmogorov.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.33-52
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• 2004

The paper is analyzed the mathematics curriculum of Korea and the philosophy of the mathematics education in the history of mathematics education. We have found that the various philosophy of Western mathematics education have led us to various views of the mathematics curriculum of Korea. This change of the mathematics curriculum in Korea have important implications to the didactics of mathematics. This study tried to find out the direction of outlook on the mathematics education in the future.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.65-76
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• 2004

Even though mathematics and music play very different roles in our society, they are closely related to each other. In this paper, we studies relations between mathematics and Korean traditional music, and give some ideas to use such relations in mathematics education.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.37-57
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• 2023

In the history of elementary school mathematics education in Korea, the period led by the Government-General of Joseon during the Japanese colonial period cannot be omitted. As a way to grasp the real state of elementary school mathematics education at that time, there is a method of analyzing elementary school mathematics textbooks published by the Government-General of Joseon. However, the actual state of the publication of them was not sufficiently known. For this reason, this study surveys the actual state of the publication of those textbooks. To this end, real information on textbooks owned currently by various institutions and information on the publication of those textbooks in the official gazette and documents of the Government-General of Joseon were checked and organized.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.73-88
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• 2016

To introduce materials related to our traditional mathematics and to reinterpret modernly them could be a good tool to find the cultural values of them. We analyzed the degree for utilization of the history of mathematics in the middle school textbooks developed depending on the 2009 revised mathematics curriculum. Through this, we suggest the need for research on concrete and practical teaching and learning materials development utilizing the history of mathematics. We reinterpret, in modern style based on the curriculum, two subjects dealt with in 'GakDeungByeonHyeongSeupYu', the first theme of 'SanSulGwanGyeon' written by Lee Sang Hyuk. We expansively reconstruct the original samples up to regular decagon so that students might figure out the situation of all regular polygon using a kind of mathematics software GeoGebra. Also this process is constructed on the basis of the curriculum for an implementation the secondary school classes.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.313-327
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• 2014

Based on the importance and the necessity of the study on history of mathematics and mathemtics education using history of mathematics for finding the cultural identity and values of our traditional mathematics, we refer to two types of teaching and learning methods utilizing 'WonYongSamBangHoGu', the second theme of 'SanSulGwanGyeon' written by Lee Sang Hyuk. First, we present various cases of 'WonYongSamBangHoGu' constructed utilizing kind of mathematics learning software, GeoGebra by high school freshmen belonging to the Education Centers for the Gifted in Seoul Science Park. Second, We modernly reinterpret the questions contained in 'WonYongSamBangHoGu' and show several developed items using it.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.33-44
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• 2003

This article shows Hilbert's Paris address within the context of his career and the mathematics of his day. And the text of Hilbert's speech will be considered in some detail, particularly those parts of it that reflects his vision of mathematics most clearly. At the end it is attempted to show the limitations of the standard view of Hilbert as an advocate of a formalist approach to mathematics.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.69-76
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• 2001

This paper aims to show an inner, basic harmony between metaphysics and current directions in mathematics and in the philosophy of mathematics. In this attempt, the general truths of metaphysics and the truths particularly relevant to the nature of mathematical abstraction serve as speculative guides in ordering the content and discussing the nature of the multiple questions lie between and disputed frontiers of metaphysics and mathematics.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.113-124
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• 2002

The main purpose of this study is to classify types of class using computer in the school mathematics classroom. For this purpose, we will first survey the Tyle's theory relate to the curriculum model and its details. Then we will investigate the crucial points using computer in the school mathematics classroom in the viewpoint of Glaser's teaching model. From this, we will device several types of mathematics class using computer.