Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-30-1977
Abstract
In teaching the foundations of mathematics within the framework of a Christian college, and particularly that of a Christian liberal arts college, there are two groups of students which must be served. The first consisted of the non-mathematics majors—those non-scientifically oriented “general anything” students who, as a catalog might put it, are to receive “an introduction to and an appreciation of the history, foundations, culture and applications of mathematics.” The second group consists of the mathematics majors, and the few science majors who have not been frightened away by the calculus. The gulf between these two groups is sufficiently large, I believe, to indicate the use of two different strategies.
Recommended Citation
Baylis, Bayard, "The Foundations of Mathematics and The Mathematics Curriculum" (1977). ACMS Conference Proceedings 1977. 3.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/acms-1977/3
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