5. Conclusion and Recommendation
Of course, finding ways to integrate history and mathematics is the challenge for teachers. Fauvel (1991, Wilson,
Chauvot, 2000) argues that we must go beyong understanding the contributions of history and address how we
might incorporate history. He points out that using history in mathematics instruction is not a simple task; history is
not an additive that “can just be poured in at the right time, like fabric conditioner into one’s washing machine”
Using the history of mathematics can be more than just a hobby of the teacher. The history of mathematics lets
children experience that mathematics ,is always developing, that it is continuously changing and that they are part-of
this evolution. Mathematics is not fixed. It is valuable for children to know about the history of mathematics, which
cultures, which big names, which ordinary people have contributed to its development? What can they add to it
themselves? (Kool, 2003).