Is the multiculturalization of mathematics doing us more harm than good?

Multicultural Curriculum: New Directions for Social Theory, Practice, and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 199-220

  Gutiérrez, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203611166-17     Document Type: Chapter

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