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Computing technologies can help motivate students to explore problems and topics from the history of mathematics. Because the activities are project based, the role of the teacher becomes that of a resource. Modified assessment techniques must be implemented. On the part of both the teacher and the students, the end results are increased mathematical understanding as well as a better appreciation of both how mathematical ideas developed historically and the individuals behind these developments.
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Johnson, J. (1998). Using the history of mathematics as a source of technology-rich problems. In: Tinsley, D., Johnson, D.C. (eds) Information and Communications Technologies in School Mathematics. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35287-9_8
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