Kriteria vir die skryf van wiskundehandboeke

D.Ed. (Subject Didactics)The lack of explicitly formulated criteria for the writing of a mathematics textbook, has the implication that the author of a mathematics textbook has to establish his own criteria. In doing this the author may achieve his objectives but his objectives may not necessarily be those of the curriculum. The purpose of this study is to develop criteria for the writing of a mathematics textbook. In order to do this the history of mathematics from the time of the ancient Egyptians to the present and the various ways (structure) in which mathematics manifests itself have been discussed. The most prominent theories on how children learn, together with the classroom situation as far as mathematics is concerned have been discussed to determine the implications they have for the writing of a mathematics textbook..