1. Ethnomathematics - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture. It refers to a broad cluster of ideas ranging from distinct numerical and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnomathematics

Ethnomathematics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article is missing citations or needs footnotes Using inline citations (July 2007) Ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture . It refers to a broad cluster of ideas ranging from distinct numerical and mathematical systems to multicultural mathematics education. The goal of ethnomathematics is to contribute both to the understanding of culture and the understanding of mathematics, but mainly to appreciating the connections between the two. Contents The Development and Meaning of 'Ethnomathematics' Areas of Ethnomathematics Numerals and Naming Systems Numerals ... edit The Development and Meaning of 'Ethnomathematics' The term 'ethnomathematics' was introduced by the Brazilian educator and mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio in 1977 during a presentation for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Since D'Ambrosio put forth the term, people - D'Ambrosio included - have struggled with its meaning. Below is a sampling of some of the definitions of ethnomathematics proposed between 1985 and 1998: "The mathematics which is practiced among identifiable cultural groups such as national-tribe societies, labour groups, children of certain age brackets and professional classes" (D‘Ambrosio, 1985).

2. Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) Collection of links and papers covering the interaction of mathematics and culture, with emphasis on the indigenous mathematics of the Pacific region. http://www.ethnomath.org/

We hope you find the content of this website useful. Please note that this website is no longer being updated. Welcome to the Ethnomathematics Digital Library. The EDL provides access to online resources worldwide. There are about 700 items in the collection, and we are regularly adding new ones, particularly those relevant to the Pacific region. Please help us improve the site by spending 5 minutes filling out a short evaluation form . Also, contact us if you would like to recommend any additional resources. Browse our database to view lists of terms and the number of resources for each: By subject By geographical area By cultural group Quick Search Resource contains all terms (Boolean AND) Advanced Search To use more specific information or Boolean logic, select Advanced Search Home Browse/Quick Search Advanced Search ... PREL The Ethnomathematics Digital Library is a component of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL), funded by the National Science Foundation.

3. Ethnomathematics Resources Compiled By Katharine Patterson And Others ethnomathematics refers to any form of cultural knowledge or social activity characteristic of a social and/or cultural group that can be recognized by http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/projects/ethnomath.html

Ethnomathematics Unit and other resources Updated on June 26, 2005 Please alert stoloffd@easternct.edu to any non-functioning links. You might do your own web search if the links are not functioning to find where the topic had moved. From an email from Orey , Daniel C [ email:orey@csus.edu I might invite your students to look over the Algorithm Collection Project: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/o/oreyd/ACP.htm_files/Alg.html and Ron English's: Culturally Situated Design Tools: teaching math through culture: http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/csdt.html Ethnomathematics Unit developed by Katherine Patterson Multicultural Ideas for your Math Class Ethnomathematics Ethnomathematics refers to any form of cultural knowledge or social activity characteristic of a social and/or cultural group that can be recognized by other groups such as 'Western' anthropologists, but not necessarily by the group of origin, as mathematical knowledge or mathematical activity" Geraldo Pompeu , Jr. ( Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Campinas , Brazil- ISGMe A Definition of Ethnomathematics Gloria Gilmer, Math-Tech Inc.

4. Ethnomathematics An Absolutely Essential Key For Mathematics The previous explanation DOES NOT imply that ethnomathematics is ONLY an instrument to improve mathematical education. Indeed, the role of Ethnomathemtics http://www.dm.unipi.it/~jama/ethno/

BiFoEtMa Jama Musse Jama You are visitor [ ] since 1st May 1998 The First International Congress on Ethnomathemtics will be held in Granada (Spain) from 2 to 5 September of 1998. Ethnomathematics : an absolutely essential key for Mathematics Education. Of course, "the way of doing" mathematics, which means the way of teaching and learning it, cannot be reduced unique and universal at least in the very early elementary levels of learning mathematics. In this stage there is no difference between " using mathematics " and "doing mathematics ", infact what we do in the early elementary levels of mathematical education is to explain and to understand in a mathematical language those simple operations which we use to manage the every-day-live: counting, estimating, calculating etc. Needless to say how native algorithms to perform these operations are culturally-dependent and, therefore, are different. That is why the ( Ethno )-Mathematics becomes absolutely essential for mathematics education. The previous explanation DOES NOT imply that Ethnomathematics is ONLY an instrument to improve mathematical education. Indeed, the role of Ethnomathemtics is much more than improvement of way of teaching. During the The Latin-American Seminar of Phylosophy and History of Ideas , in his note entitled ETHNOMATHEMATICS AS REVISIONISM?

5. Ethnomathematics An Introduction to the Anthropological Study of ethnomathematics. CrossCultural Perspectives on Mathematics. http://home1.gte.net/ericjw1/ethnomathematics.html

An Introduction to Ethnomathematics This guide contains bibliographic references and links to internet resources for topics relating to Ethnomathematics. Recommended Reading: Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture by Claudia Zaslavsky 1999 African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design by Ron Eglash 1999 The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between Arithmetic and Algebra by Rushdi Rashid 1994 Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas by Marcia Ascher 1994 History of Chinese Mathematics by Jean-Claude Martzloff 1997 Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu Native American Mathematics by Michael P. Closs (Editor) 1996 Native American Pedagogy and Cognitive-Based Mathematics Instruction by Judith E. Hankes 1998 Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa by Paulus Gerdes 1998 Links Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises. Ethnomathematics on the Web: a page of links developed by the International Study Group for Ethnomathematics.

6. Links ethnomathematics on the Web. Sites listed by ethnicity/geography Return to the homepage of the International Study Group on ethnomathematics. http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.dir/links.htm

Ethnomathematics on the Web Sites listed by ethnicity/geography African mathematics Native American mathematics Math in European culture Pacific Islander mathematics ... Middle Eastern mathematics Sites listed by social categories Mathematics and gender Mathematics and economic class Social studies of professional mathematics Multicultural mathematics Sites listed by utility Critiques of multicultural mathematics Indigenous knowledge systems Software and video resources ... Return to the homepage of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics

7. Ethnomathematics Web Quest the assignment page after you have submitted the above form. To go directly to a listing of ethnomathematics Resources available on the web, click here. http://home.mindspring.com/~mjg2/ethalt.html

Web Hunt! Mathematics is not a linear science! Cultures all over the world have made important discoveries. As explorers traveled the world, they brought to their own countries the advancements in math and sciences they found in the various places they visited. Textbooks tell us a lot about the Greeks and the Europeans and their marvelous contributions; now your job is to find out what other peoples developed through the years. As you learn some mathematical facts from a variety of cultures, try to decide which you think are the most interesting and important. This may be the basis for your presentation project! Use the following links to help answer the questions below. If you choose to use additional internet sources, that is fine. History of Mathematics in Africa African Games Egyptian Math: Ahmes What Were You Thinking? Yoruba Number System ... The Abacus If you would like additional resources, please visit this page DIRECTIONS: Fill in all boxes before submitting. The form will not be accepted with empty boxes. Your teacher may have special directions about this web quest. Please consult your teacher with regards to scoring and other requirements. If you have any questions, you may email the web hunt designer by clicking on the button on the bottom of the page.

8. The Chronicle: October 6, 2000: Good-Bye Pythagoras? What worries critics the most is teacher education, where ethnomathematics is most prevalent. Some people feel that learning the mathematical methods of http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i06/06a01601.htm

@import url(/styles/data/datastyle.css); @import url(/styles/sections/news/newsstyle.css); Search The Site More options Back issues Subscribe Day pass ... Employment opportunities /r From the issue dated October 6, 2000 Good-Bye Pythagoras? 'Ethnomathematics' embraces non-European methods of math; critics fear a decline in rigor By ELIZABETH GREENE At California's Orange Coast College, students in mathematics classes learn about ALSO SEE: A Sample Problem Colloquy: Join a debate on issues raised in this article the geometric designs in Navajo rugs when their professor, Eduardo Jesus Arismendi-Pardi, teaches the concept of slope. Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute use African fractals patterns that repeat themselves at many different scales in their computer-graphics simulations for Ron Eglash, an assistant professor of mathematics. At the Newark campus of Rutgers University, students in teacher-education courses led by Arthur B. Powell work out river-crossing problems based on different cultures in their study of algebra. And using a cultural analogy that's close to home, Jim Barta teaches his elementary-education students at Utah State University a new way to think about the Cartesian coordinate system: street mapping in towns settled by Mormons is based on a system much like the one in which positive and negative numbers name intersections of lines.

9. Word Spy - Ethnomathematics ethnomathematics (ETH.noh.math.uh.mat.iks; th as in thin) n. Mathematics as practiced by nonWestern ethnic groups and marginalized groups within Western http://www.wordspy.com/words/ethnomathematics.asp

Home Subjects Archives Quotations Search: Search Tips ethnomathematics (ETH.noh.math.uh.mat.iks; th as in thin) n . Mathematics as practiced by non-Western ethnic groups and marginalized groups within Western society. Also: ethno-mathematics ethnomathematical adj ethnomathematician n Example Citations: Eglash's research fits in squarely with " ethnomathematics ," a term coined in the '80s and usually used to describe the mathematical practices of smaller or indigenous cultural groups. While ethnomathematicians have studied Mayan calendars and even boomerang flights, a unifying theme is an emphasis on mathematical accomplishments outside the Western canon. Advocates see ethnomathematics as a useful way to make math more expansive and relevant to students from different backgrounds. Critics characterize it as a diversion from numbers that could lead to softer standards. The Associated Press , April 29, 2003 Ethnomathematics Technology Review , August 1995 Earliest Citation: Native American Mathematics appears at a time when interest in ethnomathematics is on the increase. Educational projects devoted to developing mathematics materials relevant to the Native American heritage, style of learning, and economic environment are currently under way at Northern Arizona University, Oklahoma State University, and the Fort Ojibway School in Minnesota, to name but a few. An International Study Group on

10. Ethnomathematics This special feature on ethnomathematics demonstrates some of the different ways that mathematics has developed and is used in the Pacific region. http://www.prel.org/products/paced/apr03/ed_ethnomath.htm

When most people think of mathematics, they think of numbers. But mathematics is much more: It also includes skills such as recognizing patterns, storing information, and constructing objects. What Is Ethnomathematics? Today, most people around the world are taught mathematics based on the decimal number system and techniques developed by Western mathematicians. Using Numbers The Mayan Zero They developed a counting system that used dots, lines, and a drawing of a shell. Each dot represented one, a line represented five, and the shell represented zero. These symbols were grouped together to form a base 20 number system. The system appears more complicated than the decimal system, and also has a strong link to astronomy. Some of the Mayan people were keen astronomers, and the number system they developed helped them to track the movement of the sun, the moon, and the planet Venus. Using their mathematical skills, they developed some of the most accurate calendars that we know of. Incan Quipu A quipu is a length of string in which knots are tied, and which is usually attached to a belt or a thicker length of string. The knots were used to represent numbers. The Incas used a decimal number system, and this meant that they also used the number zero.

11. Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - Ethnomathematics Political correctness hits the math classroom. By Diane Ravitch. http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/2930796.html

var js="0.0"; js="1.0"; js="1.1"; js="1.2"; js="1.3"; js="1.4"; js="1.5"; Hoover Digest Browse by date (past issues) Browse by topic Browse by author ... Table of Contents EDUCATION: Ethnomathematics By Diane Ravitch Political correctness hits the math classroom. By Diane Ravitch font-size: 300%; float: left; color: #000000; font-family: sabon,garamond,serif; It seems our math educators no longer believe in the beauty and power of the principles of mathematics. They are continually in search of a fix that will make math easy, relevant, fun, and even politically relevant. In 1989, the The NCTM standards of 1989 prompted textbook publishers to seek innovative ways to make math fun and easy. Those were the days of innocence in pursuit of relevance. Now mathematics is being nudged into a specifically Partisans of social justice mathematics advocate an explicitly political agenda in the classroom. A new textbook, Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers, shows how problem solving, ethnomathematics

12. Right On The Left Coast: Views From A Conservative Teacher: Ethnomathematics Enter ethnomathematics. The idea s been around for awhile, but just this week Another topic, drawn directly from ethnomathematics, is Chicanos Have http://rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2005/06/ethnomathematics.html

Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher Education, politics, and anything else that catches my attention. About Me Darren View my complete profile Stat Counter (installed 2/18/2007) var sc_project=2288651; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=21; var sc_security="0285e769"; View My Stats Labels ACLU agency fee blogging calculators/computers/tech ... West Point Blog Archive March 3 Crazy Stories No Grades or Grade Levels THIS Teacher Went Too Far ... January Links Instapundit California Teachers Empowerment Network (CTEN) Right Wing Nation NewsAlert ... Day By Day (comic strip) California Edubloggers The Education Wonks Joanne Jacobs Education Intelligence Agency Intercepts Buckhorn Road ... California Teacher Guy Friday, June 24, 2005 Ethnomathematics One of the latest insidious trends in education is that of "education for social justice", wherein we "empower" students by teaching them about real-world issues instead of boring "book learning", and instill in them a desire to seek out and work towards social justice. Of course, the problem there is, whose idea of social justice do we teach? Do we teach the "greater good for society" idea, or the "individual is supreme" idea, or the "down with the man", or the "correct every injustice" idea, or the "I'm a victim, hear me roar" idea, or the "my country, right or wrong" idea, or some other one? I wrote here about teaching anti-military "values"

13. THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 2-23-03: CRASH COURSE; Ethnomathematics - New York Times ethnomathematics has a few parents, but most observers trace its formal birth to a speech given by the Brazilian mathematician Ubiratan D Ambrosio in the http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E3D8173DF930A15751C0A9659C8B6

14. Ethnomathematics-Key Text The term ‘ethnomathematics’ was first used in the late 1960s by a Brazilian mathematician, Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, to describe the mathematical practices of http://www.science.org.au/nova/073/073key.htm

Published by Australian Academy of Science KEY TEXT This topic is sponsored by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Advocates of ethnomathematics say it is helping different cultures to understand each other. The term ‘ethnomathematics’ was first used in the late 1960s by a Brazilian mathematician, Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, to describe the mathematical practices of identifiable cultural groups. Some see it as the study of mathematics in different cultures, others as a way of making mathematics more relevant to different cultural or ethnic groups, yet others as a way of understanding the differences between cultures. But perhaps the most powerful claim for the new discipline has been made by D’Ambrosio himself (quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education , 6 October 2000): Mathematics is absolutely integrated with Western civilization, which conquered and dominated the entire world. The only possibility of building up a planetary civilization depends on restoring the dignity of the losers and, together, winners and losers, moving into the new. [Ethnomathematics, then, is] a step towards peace. This makes ethnomathematics a rather unusual discipline, because it attempts to meld science and social justice. This isn't something that sits comfortably with many scientists: science, they argue, is science, and trying to make it politically correct will only impede its progress. Some educators fret that teaching mathematics using an ethnomathematical approach reduces it to a social-studies subject that teaches students little about ‘real’ mathematics. Others simply ridicule the whole notion: according to one disparaging journalist, 'Unless you wish to balance your checkbook the ancient Navajo way, it’s probably safe to ignore the whole thing'.

15. Ethnomathematics - Brookings Institution Opinion by Diane Ravitch; The Wall Street Journal (6/20/05) http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2005/0620k12education_ravitch.aspx

Quality. Independence. Impact. Home Contact Us Media Resources Friday March 14, 2008 Welcome Register Log in Topics U.S. World Economy Programs ... Multimedia Text Size a a a Ethnomathematics Education K-12 Education Diane Ravitch , Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies The Wall Street Journal Save Print E-mail It seems our math educators no longer believe in the beauty and power of the principles of mathematics. They are continually in search of a fix that will make it easy, relevant, fun, and even politically relevant. In the early 1990s, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics issued standards that disparaged basic skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, since all of these could be easily performed on a calculator. The council preferred real life problem solving, using everyday situations. Attempts to solve problems without basic skills caused some critics, especially professional mathematicians, to deride the "new, new math" as "rainforest algebra." Related Content Research and Commentary First, Get the Knowledge

16. Ethnomathematics: Information And Much More From Answers.com ethnomathematics This article is missing citations or needs footnotes . Using inline citations helps guard against copyright violations and factual. http://www.answers.com/topic/ethnomathematics

BodyLoad('s'); Results for ethnomathematics On this page: Select Article Wikipedia Best of Web Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Wikipedia: ethnomathematics This article is missing citations or needs footnotes Using inline citations Ethnomathematics is the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture . It refers to a broad cluster of ideas ranging from distinct numerical and mathematical systems to multicultural mathematics education. The goal of ethnomathematics is to contribute both to the understanding of culture and the understanding of mathematics, but mainly to appreciating the connections between the two. The Development and Meaning of 'Ethnomathematics' The term 'ethnomathematics' was introduced by the Brazilian educator and mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio in 1977 during a presentation for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Since D'Ambrosio put forth the term, people - D'Ambrosio included - have struggled with its meaning. Below is a sampling of some of the definitions of ethnomathematics proposed between 1985 and 1998: "The mathematics which is practiced among identifiable cultural groups such as national-tribe societies, labour groups, children of certain age brackets and professional classes" (D‘Ambrosio, 1985).

17. Ethnomathematics Snapshots Index What is ethnomathematics? Women and the Origins of Mathematics 2005 John Kellermeier ethnomathematics Snapshots Home John Kellermeier s Home Page. http://www.tacomacc.edu/home/jkellerm/Ethnomath/index.htm

18. Ethnomathematics General - Mathematics And The Liberal Arts Many pages focus on ethnomathematics and in the connections between mathematics and other disciplines. The notes in these pages are intended as much to http://mtcs.truman.edu/~thammond/history/Ethnomathematics.html

Ethnomathematics General - Mathematics and the Liberal Arts Laterally related topics: The Stone Builders and The Jewish Tradition The Mathematics and the Liberal Arts pages are intended to be a resource for student research projects and for teachers interested in using the history of mathematics in their courses. Many pages focus on ethnomathematics and in the connections between mathematics and other disciplines. The notes in these pages are intended as much to evoke ideas as to indicate what the books and articles are about. They are not intended as reviews. However, some items have been reviewed in Mathematical Reviews , published by The American Mathematical Society. When the mathematical review (MR) number and reviewer are known to the author of these pages, they are given as part of the bibliographic citation. Subscribing institutions can access the more recent MR reviews online through MathSciNet Ascher, Marcia and Ascher, Robert. Ethnomathematics. Hist. of Sci. Number Words Logic Kinship Systems The Aranda ... The Sioux , and The Kpelle of Guinea Make comment on this entry D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan. Ethnomathematics: an explanation.

19. Ethnomathematics A Directory of Internet resources on ethnomathematics. http://www.academicinfo.net/mathethno.html

Academic Info Mathematics: Ethnomathematics Home Search Index Contact ... Mathematics Ethnomathematics Social Sciences Anthropology Ethnomathematics Degree Programs Online Degrees Business Criminal Justice Culinary Arts ... Technical Colleges Test Prep Resources SAT / ACT GMAT TOEFL USMLE ... MCAT google_ad_client = "pub-4458401683069002"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 15; google_ad_format = "728x15_0ads_al"; google_ad_channel = ""; Geometry from the Land of the Incas By Antonio Gutierrez I Love Maths A Complete, Indian site of Maths Sections include: Maths Club ; Faculty Room ; Prof. Theta ; Vedic Maths ; Classes: 6-8 ; 9-10 ; 11-12. Registration required. International Study Group on Ethnomathematics Includes links to some very interesting sites Maintained by Ron Eglash MacTutor History of Mathematics Mathematics in Various Cultures ; Mathematical Topics. By John J O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland google_ad_client = "pub-4458401683069002"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 15; google_ad_format = "728x15_0ads_al"; google_ad_channel = ""; Minorities and Math From the Math Forum - Key Issues page Multicultural Perspectives in Mathematics Education "This Web Site is maintained by the Department of Mathematics Education as a tool for furthering our understanding of multicultural perspectives in mathematics education. It is intended as both a forum and a resource for mathematics educators, in our department and elsewhere, who are interested in teaching mathematics reflecting contributions of many cultures."

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Ethnomathematics Library Home Full Table of Contents Suggest a Link Library Help Visit this site: http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/ethno.html Author: Nancy Casey Description: Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises. Mathematics is often associated with the study of "universals"; however, it is important to recognize that often something we think of as universal is merely universal to those who share our cultural and historical perspectives. If we think of mathematics as the development of structures and systems of ideas involving number, pattern, logic, and spatial configuration and then examine how mathematics arises and is used in various cultures, we can gain a much deeper understanding of mathematics. A short essay and a bibliography. Levels: Elementary Middle School (6-8) High School (9-12) Languages: English Resource Types: Articles Bibliographies Math Topics: Social Sciences Math Ed Topics: Multiculturalism Home The Math Library Quick Reference ... Help http://mathforum.org/ The Math Forum is a research and educational enterprise of the Drexel School of Education

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