I personally believe it is very important for teachers to acknowledge non-European sources of mathematics especially since Canada and Canadian classrooms are so diverse in race, gender, and religious beliefs. I believe making the material more relatable to all students is beneficial and important. It also provides certain individuals with a connection to certain material and theories hopefully translating to a better learning experience. I believe it is difficult to say that Pythagoras and the triangle was Chinese as there is evidence that the knowledge used was based off several other mathematicians and is often called other names in different cultures. Although I do believe Pascal deserves some credit but believe that it is important to teach people of the true history.
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Assignment 3: History of Coding
Our group's roadmap for the History of Coding and Computer Algorithms is below (the link is more useful, but the screenshot is the roadm...
Well, OK -- but you do waffle in the last few sentences, and this doesn't show an understanding of the history of what we call the Pythagorean Theorem or Pascal's Triangle! Please go back and reread the article, look up the history of these two mathematical ideas, and revise this piece to show more understanding of this bit of math history.
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