A brief history of the relations between numbers and quantities in the primary curriculum in France

Christine Chambris (1)

1 LDAR (EA_4434) - Laboratoire de Didactique André Revuz

This paper tackles the issue of quantities in the primary curriculum in France, especially the crucial changes that occurred during the New Math: creation of a domain “measurement”, elimination of quantities from “reference knowledge” for numbers and ratios while implementing New references. It shows how these changes still impact the teaching of numbers and ratios.

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Christine Chambris. A brief history of the relations between numbers and quantities in the primary curriculum in France. ICME 13, Jul 2016, Hamburg, Germany. ⟨hal-03452956⟩