Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

This article is about the research institute of Utrecht University. For the Indian NGO, see FISME.

Coordinates: 52°05′14″N 5°09′56″E / 52.087250°N 5.165563°E / 52.087250; 5.165563 The Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (FI) is part of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1971 by the German/Dutch writer, pedagogue and mathematician, professor Hans Freudenthal (1905–1990), as the Institute for the Development of Mathematical Education. In 1991, the institute was renamed after its founder.[1]

Since 2003, an international institute for mathematics education, Freudenthal Institute - USA (Fi-US) was established in collaboration with the Wisconsin University in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Since January 2006 Fi-US has been reallocated to the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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  1. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hans Freudenthal", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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