ERIC Number: ED241325
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 64
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Multicultural Mathematics Posters and Activities.
Seattle Public Schools, WA. Mathematics Office.; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc., Reston, VA.
A set of 18 posters, each 28 cm x 43 cm and printed on parchmentlike paper, and an activity book for teachers in middle and secondary schools make up this publication. The posters illustrate the ideas that mathematics spans centuries and cultures, and is both useful and enjoyable. The activity book emphasizes problem solving, with a focus on interdisciplinary applications of mathematics, and is designed to encourage minority students to pursue mathematics beyond the minimum requirements for graduation. The activities are referenced to the posters, and concern the following topics: the calculator's ancestors, magic squares, ancient systems of numeration, geometry with meaning, traditional round houses, tangrams, Oware, once upon a time, arabic geometrical pattern and design, Mayan numerals, Pa-Kua, Tower of Brahma, strategy games and puzzles, Japanese optical and geometric art, Egyptian rope stretchers, Shongo networks, Pascal's triangle, and Golden Ratio. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Geometric Concepts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Materials, Middle Schools, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc., 1906 Association Dr., Reston, VA 22091 ($7.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Non-Print Media
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Seattle Public Schools, WA. Mathematics Office.; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc., Reston, VA.
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