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Following is a selection of presentations from the Joint Mathematics Meetings, 8-11 January 1997, San Diego, CA.

MAA Session
The Uses of History in the Teaching of Mathematics

Organizers:
Florence D. Fasanelli, Mathematical Association of America ffasanel@maa.org
Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia vkatz@udc.edu
V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University rickey@math.bgsu.edu

1. Begin at the Beginning: Combining Euclid in Translation With a Conventional Text
   Mark S. Foskey, Jacksonville University
   
2. Back to the academic year 1851-2.
   Etienne Archinard, College de Saussure, Geneva, Switzerland
   
3. The use of Historical Numeration Systems in the South Dakota Native Americans Mathematics Enhancement Program
   A. S. Elkhader, Northern State University
   
4. Using History to Provide Context
   Janet H. Barnett
   
5. Euler's Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for n=3.
   Peter R. Flusser, Kansas Wesleyan University
   Charles B. Pierre, Clark Atlanta University
   
6. Cauchy's Proof of the Power Rule: A Project for Real Analysis.
   Maureen T. Carroll
   
7. Using Original Sources to Teach the Logistic Equation: A Module
   Bonnie J. Shulman, Bates College
   
8. A non-traditional course in the history of mathematics
   Elizabeth Mayfield, Hood College
   
9. Pascal and the Problem of the Points
   Ruth Rebekka Struik, University of Colorado, Boulder
   
10. The role of History and Context in shaping Scholarship and Education in Mathematics
    Alphonse Buccino, Contemporary Communications, Inc.
11. Project-Based Investigations with Portfolio Assessment in a History of Mathematics Course for Teachers.
    David Dennis, University of Texas at El Paso
12. Preparing Elementary Mathematics Educators Using the History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education.
    Nkechi M Agwu, BMCC, CUNY
13. Writing Assignments in a History of Mathematics Course
    Leon M. Cohen, Hampden-Sydney College
14. Which came first, the Airy equation or the Airy function?
    David J Barsky
15. An Historical Approach to the Central Limit Theorem
    Amy L. Rocha, San Jose State University
16. History and Problem Solving
    Agnes Tuska
17. Using Original Sources in Discrete Mathematics
    Herbert E. Kasube, Bradley University
18. Using Original Sources to Enhance the Introductory Real Analysis Course
    Phillip E Johnson, UNC Charlotte

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