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This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phakeng, Mamokgethi Setati, 1966-
Otros Autores: Bangura, Abdul Karim, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2010.
Temas:
Ethnomathematics > Africa.
Mathematics, Ancient > Africa.
Mathematics > Africa > History.
Symbolism of numbers.
Ethnomathématiques > Afrique.
Mathématiques anciennes > Afrique.
Mathématiques > Afrique > Histoire.
Symbolisme des nombres.
number symbolism.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Ethnomathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics, Ancient
Symbolism of numbers
Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 01. General Introduction; Chapter 02. Beginnings: Mathematics of Bones; Chapter 03. Geometry South of the Sahara; Chapter 04. Numbers; Chapter 05. Beginnings of Written Mathematics: Egypt; Chapter 06. The Maghrebian Tradition; Chapter 07. Combinatorics and African Applications; Chapter 08. Vector Calculus and African Applications; Chapter 09. The Fourier Transform and African Applications; Chapter 10. Mathematical Tiling/Tessellation and African Applications; Chapter 11. Bifurcations and African Applications; Chapter 12. Fractals
  • Chapter 13. African-centered Automated Generation of MetadataChapter 14. General Conclusion: Access to Mathematics versus Access to the Language of Power: Lessons from the Struggle in South African Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms; Bibliography

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