Math in a Cultural Context: Two case studies of a successful culturally based math project

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-385

  Lipka, Jerry ^a   Hogan, Maureen P ^a   Webster, Joan Parker ^a   Yanez, Evelyn ^b   Adams, Barbara ^a   Clark, Stacy ^a   Lacy, Doreen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b MCC   (United States)

^c Fairbanks North Star Borough School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally based curriculum; Mathematics teaching and learning; Teacher enactment of curricula; Yup'ik

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645156160     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2005.36.4.367     Document Type: Article

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