Abstract
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...