Keiyo cattle raiding, Kechui mathematics and science education: What do they have in common?

Interchange

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-83

  Thomson, Norman ^a   Chepyator Thomson, Jepkorir Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle raiding; Cultural extinction; Genetics; Indigenous education; Kalenjin; Kechui game; Keiyo; Kenya; Mathematics; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345295031     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016356110836     Document Type: Article

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