数学史与小学数学教学:历史文化向度的思考——以竖式乘法为例

The History of Mathematics and the Primary Mathematics Teaching:Thinking from perspective of history and culture——Column Multiplication as a Case

基础教育课程改革中提出在数学课程中体现数学的文化价值。本文通过笔算乘法发展史料的研究而寻找数学史和小学数学教育的结合点,引入小学数学教学与数学史的历史文化向度的思考。认为历史文化向度的教学可以引导学生体会数学思想的发展过程,提供进一步探索与创造的学习氛围,使学生欣赏到不同的数学文化风格等,应该是小学数学课堂教学的另一种尝试。同时教师参考数学史料将对数学教学提供一种预见与指引。

The reform of basic education emphasizes that the cultural value of mathematics should be realized in mathematical curriculum. This paper finds the combination of mathematical history and primary mathematics education based on the research on the historical data of column multiplication, and introduces the thinking from a perspective of history and culture about the history of mathematics and the primary mathematics teaching. Mathematics teaching from a perspective of history and culture can guide students to experience the development process of mathematical thinking, provide an atmosphere for further exploration and creation, make students appreciate different style of mathematical culture, which can be another attempt in elementary mathematics teaching in classroom. Meanwhile, the historical data of mathematics will provide teachers a kind of prediction and guidance.