Mathematics of students’ culture: A goal of localized ethnomathematics

Ethnomathematics is the mathematics of cultural groups, but often those cultural groups are “others” and “elsewhere”. However, it is also valuable to look inward to see the interaction of mathematics and one’s own culture. An assignment in a graduate course offers this opportunity to students. The a...

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Main Author: Lawrence Shirley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Nariño 2015-07-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática
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Online Access:http://revista.etnomatematica.org/index.php/RLE/article/view/191/191