Abstract
Research in mathematics impacted the undergraduate mathematics curriculum between 1930 and 1950. Though the scholarship on American higher educational history is vast, mathematics as a subject has largely been ignored by historians. Furthermore, those works that discuss changes in mathematics curricula do not engage research happening in high-level mathematics. A study of mathematics curricula reveals that higher educational institutions shifted their approach to undergraduate mathematics due to developments in research, major pedagogical movements, and external historical events. This IS draws on archives of course catalogues from two higher education institutions as well as articles written by mathematicians and mathematics educators in the early twentieth century. This project strives to bring studies of mathematical research closer to related studies in mathematics curriculum by considering the historical impact of such research on the undergraduate mathematics experience.
Advisor
Pierce, Pamela
Second Advisor
Welsch, Christina
Department
History; Mathematics
Recommended Citation
Zeager, Marjorie, "Calculating the Course: The Impact of Mathematical Research on the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum, 1930-1950" (2017). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7677.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7677
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Other History | United States History
Publication Date
2017
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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