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ERIC Number: EJ530001
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
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Making Sense of Ethnomathematics: Ethnomathematics Is Making Sense.
Barton, Bill
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v31 n1-2 p201-33 Sep 1996
Proposes a framework to review the literature of the culture of mathematics, specifically in the use of the term ethnomathematics. Derives a definition of ethnomathematics; reviews two examples as a test of the power of the definition and the resultant description of ethnomathematics. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnology, Ethnomathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Sociology
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: "Socio-Cultural Approaches to Mathematics Teaching and Learning."