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Augustus De Morgan on the teaching of mathematics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

James V. Rauff
James V. Rauff*
Affiliation:
Dept. Mathematics, Millikin University, Decatur IL 62522, U.S.A.
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Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) was a prolific writer, a notable mathematician and logician, and an excellent teacher. His work in logic and his invention of the logic of relations are well-known. However he also thought and wrote extensively about mathematics teaching pedagogy, and his approach is still relevant to mathematics teachers today. In this short note I offer selected quotations from De Morgan's writings on mathematics education, preceded by a short biography taken from.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 76 , Issue 475 , March 1992 , pp. 97 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1992

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