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Rosa, Milton; Orey, Daniel Clark – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2019
The application of ethnomathematics and mathematical modelling allow us to see a different reality and give us insight into mathematics accomplished holistically. In this context, a pedagogical action that connects ethnomathematics and the cultural aspects of mathematical modelling with its academic features is referred to as ethnomodelling. This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Models, Cultural Pluralism
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Schwartzman, Simon – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
Starting in the 1970s, Brazil developed a very complex system of quantitative assessments of education at all levels, making extensive use of statistical information and tests, in an effort to improve and maintain the quality of its education. However, with some exceptions, particularly at the graduate level, Brazilian education standards remain…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Statistical Analysis, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Moya, Tatiana; Fleitlich-Bilyk, Bacy; Goodman, Robert – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
A representative sample of 7-14-year-old young people in southeast Brazil (N=1251) was assessed using standardized parent and youth interviews, thereby identifying an "at-risk" group of young people who met one or more DSM-IV criteria for anorexia and/or bulimia nervosa. These young people were compared with an age and gender matched…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Eating Disorders, At Risk Persons