Why teach math history?

 

 

I think that math history should incorporate into teaching math. I believe that teaching the history of the topic that will teach in the class will motivate students to learn more and help them develop positive attitudes towards their learning. By incorporating the history of mathematics in teaching, math will allow students to understand how the concept has been introduced and developed over time. By looking at the mathematician struggle, the students will learn that they are not the only ones who struggle. It also helps students to adapt to multicultural approaches to solve the problems.

            After reading the article, the objections made me wonder whether it is useful to teach math history in the classroom or not. In the semester system of education, the lack of time would be a considerable obstacle to teach math history. But the given pieces of evidence in the article provide me assurance that teaching math history in the classroom will help students learn from their mistakes and clear their doubts by going into the depth of the topic.

            I still believe that teaching the history of math will motivate students to achieve their goals. A teacher should need to focus on the method of implementation of the history of math into the classrooms. Giving a research project to the students as their assignments or showing a short video in the class will overcome the lack of time.