Volume
22
Issue
1-2
Abstract
When an instructor asks their students to read, discuss, and learn from primary historical sources as replacements for traditional textbook expositions, it requires trust both of their students and of the source authors. This article draws on the commognitive theory of learning to justify this trust. The article demonstrates how a primary source project related to Green’s Theorem can be used to both help students see that mathematical objects evolve over time, and to give students opportunities to increase their participation in the mathematical community through the adoption of new mathematical discourses.
First Page
123
Last Page
148
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Abe
(2025)
"Trusted Together: A Commognitive Perspective on a Primary Source Project in Multivariable Calculus,"
The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 22
:
No.
1
, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1655
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol22/iss1/8
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.54870/1551-3440.1655
Publisher
University of Montana, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
