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Direct linkOwens, Kay – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
School mathematics tends to have developed from the major cultures of Asia, the Mediterranean and Europe. However, indigenous cultures in particular may have distinctly different systematic ways of referring to space and thinking mathematically about spatial activity. Their approaches are based on the close link between the environment and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Geometry, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
Peer reviewedDavison, David M.; Miller, Kenneth W. – School Science and Mathematics, 1998
Describes a course for teachers of American-Indian students that focuses on the development of culturally relevant activities as part of the science and mathematics curricula. Activities were embedded in a holistic approach to the curriculum and linked the informal science and mathematics of the culture with traditional school science and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biology, Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Secondary Education
