Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ478464
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Taking Multicultural Math Seriously. Perspectives.
Shaw, Carla Cooper
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v6 n1 p31-32 Sep-Oct 1993
Asserts that social mathematics, taught with a multicultural focus, provides opportunities to help children learn about cultural pluralism. Includes three class activities that require students to analyze and interpret numerical data about immigration and the ethnic composition of the United States. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Data Interpretation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups, Ethnomathematics, Immigrants, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Multicultural Education, Social Studies, Sociocultural Patterns, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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