HPM-Americas

The Americas Section of HPM spans an area that is immense both in its physical and cultural dimensions. Our members have a correspondingly wide scope of interests, ranging from scholarly pursuit of knowledge to practical classroom issues. We aim to foster communication and cooperation among our members by means of this website and, where possible, through face-to-face meetings at local, regional or international conferences.

Please view the “What is HPM” page to learn more.

This is the new version of the HPM-Americas website (implemented May 2nd, 2009). You may visit the old website here.

The eighth meeting of the Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME) will be held in Antalya,Turkey (6 – 10 February 2013).  Click here for more information and deadlines for submissions.

HPM-Americas organized a special session at the Eastern Section meeting of the American Mathematical Society, held at George Washington University on March 17 and 18. Click here for the program of our special session.

HPM-Americas held a meeting on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 2011, on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University, in San Diego, California. Click here for the titles and abstracts of the talks delivered. 

The following speakers have provided access to material on their talks for viewing or downloading. Click on each title:

Gizem Karaali, Purpose and Humanism in Mathematics Education Research 1968-1996

Patricia Baggett and Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, A story problem about a privateer in nineteenth century calculus books

Kurt Kreith, A Copernican Metaphor: Using History and Technology to Teach about Global Change

In addition, click here for a preview of Kurt’s talk at the special session at GWU in March 2012.

History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM) Americas Section 2011 East Coast Meeting

 We met on Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13, 2011, on the campus of American University in Washington, DC. For a complete program, including abstracts, click here.  For the minutes of the business meeting, click here. Some photos of the meeting (courtesy of Chris Rorres) can be found here.  The following speakers have provided access to material on their talks for viewing or downloading. Click on each title:

 Chris Rorres, Archimedes’ Count of Homer’s Cattle of the Sun

 Nerida Ellerton and Ken Clements, Beyond Witches: Salem (MA), the Cradle of North American Mathematics

 Tina Hartley and Fred Rickey, Why do we use “m” for slope?

 Calvin Jongsma, Much More than Symbolism: the Early History of Algebra and Its Significance for Introductory Algebra Education

 Maryam Vulis, Nikolai Lobachevsky and Russian Mathematics Education in the 19^th Century

 Ilhan Izmirli, Does the Term Dark Ages Reflect Eurocentricism in Mathematics?

Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, The Evolution of Mathematics Teaching Practices, c. 1770-1970

HPM-Americas met on Saturday and Sunday, October 23-24, 2010, on the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.  For a complete program, including abstracts, click here.

The following speakers have made available versions of their presentations for viewing or downloading. Click on each title:

Patricia Baggett and Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, Investigating concepts in mathematics textbooks over centuries using Google Books 

Barnabas Hughes, Two Useful Episodes in the History of Mathematics in Teaching Math

Tom Apostol, Early History of Mathematics (introduction to video)

M. A. (Ken) Clements and Nerida F. Ellerton, Rewriting the Early History of Mathematics Education in North America

Maria Zack, A Layman’s Experience with Using Original Texts in the Classroom

Christine Latulippe, Advice from My History of Mathematics Course to Yours

 Marty Bonsague, A Hands-on Approach to the Great Theorems

The program of delivered talks can be found here.  The minutes of the business meeting are here.

The following speakers have made available versions of their presentations for viewing or downloading. Click on each title:

Bob Stein,  History in a Math Course for Teachers: How and Why

Uffe Jankvist, Designing teaching modules on the history and  philosophy of mathematics – a report from an in-progress study in Danish high schools

Andy Fiss, Effects of the Civil War on College-Level Math Education

Jim Tattersall,  Mathematical Department of the Yates County Chronicle

George Rosenstein, The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus through the eyes of Granville, Smith, and Longley

Ilhan M. Izmirli, Egyptian Unit Fractions – An Existence Theorem

Roman Sznajder, 90^th anniversary of emergence of the Polish School of Mathematics; Polish mathematics between the world wars

Jerry Lodder,  Deduction Through the Ages:  Teaching Elementary Logic via Primary Historical Sources. Professor Lodder states that any instructor is welcome to use this material in the classroom.

Dave Roberts, WFF ‘N PROOF and the climate for Mathematical Recreations in the 1950s and 60s

The program, photos, and minutes from the HPM 2009 meeting are now available.