Initiate reflection by original sources – Conception and empirical evaluation of a teaching project in calculus class

Rosmarie Junker (1) , Susanne Spies (2)

1 Gymnasium Netphen
2 Universität Siegen [Siegen]

One effect of working with original sources in mathematics classes that is repeatedly mentioned is the stimulation of reflection on mathematics and, as a result, a change in the students' mathematical beliefs. In the context of the teaching project presented here on working with Bernoulli's first textbook on calculus, this could be impressively confirmed empirically by means of a qualitative study. The article is dedicated to the conception of the teaching sequence, as well as first results of the empirical evaluation, and also poses the question of the conditions for dealing with original sources in a digital setting in a reflection-stimulating way.

Mots clés: Beliefs; Calculus; Original sources; Reflection

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]

Rosmarie Junker, Susanne Spies. Initiate reflection by original sources – Conception and empirical evaluation of a teaching project in calculus class. Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME12), Feb 2022, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. ⟨hal-03754200⟩