Early America Discussion by Mariya Rosenhammer https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm en-us 2023-02-07 13:46:04 UTC 2026-02-22 12:41:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472583427 Universities informed what was taught in secondary schools- which I see has continued. ]]> 2023-02-07 23:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472583427 "Grammar" school was just that-did not originally include math https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472585444 -Tinashe]]> 2023-02-07 23:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472585444 Edward Brooks - muscle grows as you use it, so does the mind grow as you use it https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472585925 2023-02-07 23:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472585925 Colburn - reasoning rather than rules https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472586141 2023-02-07 23:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472586141 https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472587081 Edward Brook's
J.G. Herbart
Friedrich Froebel- all mental discipline

]]> 2023-02-07 23:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472587081 wgarym https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472588310 Pestalozzi inspired some of the earlier reformers in the U.S.]]> 2023-02-07 23:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472588310 https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472588884 Prestalozzi- "Adapting instruction to the individual with their skills and interests]]> 2023-02-07 23:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472588884 Charles William Eliot at Harvard - belief in individual differences and interests that motivate students - brought about mathematics elective courses https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472589461 2023-02-07 23:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472589461 "The first secondary school, and the first public school, in North America was the Boston Latin School, which was established in 1635 and still exists today." Kirkpatrick (2014) https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472591283 2023-02-07 23:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472591283 in Quebec, after 1850 and until well into the twentieth century, there was an “almost total eclipse in the publication and teaching of mathematics” (p. 363) as employment oppor-tunities for mathematicians evaporated and the belief arose that French Canadians were suited for the arts but not the sciences. https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472592597 2023-02-07 23:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472592597 https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472594783 Three forces: 
practical- need for useful knowledge and the development of practical and engineering programs
theoretical- Forces in terms of mental discipline and then reasons instead of rules.
scientific- due to advances in sciences calls for a need for more math and more advanced math]]> 2023-02-07 23:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472594783 https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472598857 1884 Colburn publishes his book on elementary mathematics- inductive reasoning]]> 2023-02-07 23:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472598857 1820 Algebra required for admission to Harvard https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472599790 2023-02-07 23:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472599790 1865 Yale required Geometry for admission https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472600050 2023-02-07 23:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472600050 Established in 1785, the University of New Brunswick is often considered the first public university in North America, but there are three other claimants for that title: the University of Georgia (also founded in 1785, but no students until 1801), the University of North Carolina (not chartered until 1789, but students admitted in 1795), and the College of William and Mary (founded in 1693, but not public until 1906). https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472600586 2023-02-07 23:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rosenhammermariya/z6trqmexp2vwh4dm/wish/2472600586