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SMURCHOM: Providing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in the History of Mathematics - Appendix: Using the Internet to Conduct Research in the History of Mathematics Assignment and Quiz

Author(s): 
Sloan Evans Despeaux (Western Carolina University)

Download an assignment to help acquaint your history of mathematics students with reliable internet sources, along with a short quiz to help motivate them to explore. 

Using the Internet to Conduct Research in the History of Mathematics Assignment

History of Mathematics on the Web Scavenger Hunt Quiz

To read how I use this assignment and quiz in class, please see page 3, "How SMURCHOM Has Changed My History of Mathematics Course."

Sloan Evans Despeaux (Western Carolina University), "SMURCHOM: Providing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in the History of Mathematics - Appendix: Using the Internet to Conduct Research in the History of Mathematics Assignment and Quiz," Convergence (January 2011), DOI:10.4169/loci003549

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