Mathematics Education Research

First Chair of Education @ a University

Sep 23, 1779

Earliest Educ ation Lectures

Sep 23, 1804

US Courses in Education at Universities

Period: Sep 23, 1832 to Sep 23, 1860

Felix Klein advocates for Teacher knowledge

Sep 23, 1872

He advocated that teachers know mathematics well enough to undertake independent reseach.

First US Professorship in Education @ Iowa

Sep 23, 1873

Klein in Gottingen

Period: Sep 23, 1885 to Sep 23, 1900

Create a center for applied mathematics and technology. Proposed unification of Prussian tech institutes and universities, but unification did not occur.

New York College for the Training of Teachers established.

Sep 23, 1887

New York College for the Training of Teachers affiliated with columbia University

Sep 23, 1890

Germany & US conduct emperical studies on education

Period: Sep 23, 1895 to Sep 23, 1905

Poincare stresses mathematical logic.

Sep 23, 1899

France - government decree to reform geometry teaching

Sep 23, 1902

American Mathematical Society President calls for unification of mathematical branches

Sep 23, 1902

International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics Proposed

Sep 23, 1905

International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics Formed

Sep 23, 1908

Establishment of Normal Schools

Period: Sep 23, 1908 to Sep 23, 1920

First doctoral degree in Mathematics Education

Sep 23, 1911

Reports of Math Ed Lectures in US, Great Britan, Germany, & Belgium

Sep 23, 1912

Study of Secondary Mathematics Teaching

Sep 23, 1912

International Congresses of mathematics elect to study mathematics teaching

Marking of the Beginning of Efforts Reform School Mathematics

Sep 23, 1920

Based on reports from International Commission on the teaching of Mathematics