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How We Try to Measure Time: Calendars.
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Oliver, Jack – Mathematics in School, 1998
Explores measuring time periods between a day and a few thousand years and the sort of time measured by calendars. Illustrates different calendars throughout history. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education
Calendars, Calibration and Culture.
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Poole, Robert – Mathematics in School, 1998
Explains that, although mathematics is essential for calculating time, the calendar is an historical construct. Demonstrates why there is no true way of measuring time and looks at the historical roots of the western calendar. Offers further readings on calendars, time, and the millennium. (ASK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Ethnomathematics