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This chapter provides further specific examples of using historical mathematics in the classroom, both to support and illustrate the arguments in chapter 7, and to indicate the ways in which the teaching of particular subjects may be supported by the integration of historical resources.
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Siu, MK. et al. (2002). Historical support for particular subjects. In: Fauvel, J., Van Maanen, J. (eds) History in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47220-1_8
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