What to teach first: fractions or decimal numbers? the teaching of fractions in arithmetic textbooks, 1890-1960

• Grant number: 19/23345-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: January 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Wagner Rodrigues Valente
• Grantee: Larissa Laus
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/15751-2 - Mathematics in teacher training and teaching: processes and dynamics of production of professional knowledge, 1890-1990, AP.TEM

Abstract

The project analyzes the teaching of fractions historically through textbooks edited from 1890 to 1960. As a subproject, part of the FAPESP thematic project, it aims to contribute to the history of mathematical education by analyzing the changes in arithmetic knowledge focusing on the teaching of fractions.