Internationalizing the university mathematics curriculum

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-381

  Appelbaum, Peter ^a   Friedler, Louis M ^a   Ortiz, Carlos E ^a   Wolff, Edward F ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national studies; Ethnomathematics; Internationalizing curriculum; Mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249136193     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315308319632     Document Type: Article

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