关于历史相似性理论的讨论

Discussion of Historical Parallelism

受生物重演律的启发，从19世纪末起，在数学教育界兴起了关于数学知识的历史发展进程与个体的学习过程两者关系的讨论．大量的理论与实证研究还揭示了相似性理论的教学意义：利用数学史可以预测和解释学生的学习困难，可以指导设计教学策略与课堂活动．

The theory of historical parallelism was inspired by the biological recapitulation law. Since the end of 19th century, there has been much chicussions on the relationship between the historical evolution of mathematics and an individual＇s learning of mathematics. Both the theoretical and empirical research reveal the role of history in teaching mathematics： to predict and interpret students＇ difficulties and to design and analyze classroom activities.