[Maths-Education] Request: references about the history of averages

[HARRY MERRICK]

Mark

Would it cause problems for your initial hypothesis if I said that I,
and I think most Secondary school teachers in this part of the country
(could be wrong here:), normally list them as mean, mode and median?

Regards

Harry Merrick
School of Education
University of Paisley

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Hi folks,

I wonder if anyone has any good references about the origins of
'averages'
(mean, median and mode)in mathematics, , and also their inclusion in
the
school curriculum,

I am interested both in 'raw' history, and also any social/cultural
analysis - for example why do 'we' in maths ed tend to list them as
mean,
median and mode,

I have some ideas already about that

thanks

Mark

Mark Boylan
School of Education
Sheffield Hallam University
35 Broomgrove Rd
Sheffield
UK






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