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Zaslavsky, Claudia – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1991
Introduces a cultural perspective in the teaching of mathematics. Describes the mathematical practices of African peoples and of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in relationship with numbers and numeration, design and pattern, architecture, and games of chance and skill. (MDH)
Descriptors: Architecture, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnomathematics