When talking about history, I think most of us would have a sense of curiosity and admiration. Reading about the history of math would give us a claerer view of "whys" and "hows". Teaching the history of math will help students to explore the "whys" behind the math we are talking about today, letting them to appreciate the ins and outs behind all the formulas.
I would think students who don't like math wouldn’t take any interest in learning the history of it, but if educators could introduce math via the medium of teaching history, students might take another look at what is math in a different perspective. Math was created from our daily lives which is closely tied to human history, students should be able to notice the beauty of math from learning its history first. I think one of the most common reasons that math was not the most liked subjects in school is because it seems so far away from our daily life, students think there is no use of math. However, it's actually the opposite as math was created from people for practical purpose in their daily lives. Teaching students about it would hopefully help them to see the importance of math and math education.
Good!
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