Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ445134
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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World Cultures in the Mathematics Class.
Zaslavsky, Claudia
For the Learning of Mathematics, v11 n2 p32-36 Jun 1991
Introduces a cultural perspective in the teaching of mathematics. Describes the mathematical practices of African peoples and of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in relationship with numbers and numeration, design and pattern, architecture, and games of chance and skill. (MDH)
Descriptors: Architecture, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnomathematics, Games, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Multicultural Education, Number Concepts, Patterns in Mathematics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Journal availability: see SE 548 629.
