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" African mathematics : "
Abdul Karim Bangura.
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BL
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703560
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b525749
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| Main Entry
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Bangura, Abdul Karim,1953-
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African mathematics : : from bones to computers /\ Abdul Karim Bangura.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: University Press of America,, c2012.
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v, 220 p. ;; 23 cm.
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0761853480
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: 9780761853480
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220).
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| Contents
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General introduction -- Beginnings: mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and African applications -- Vector calculus and African applications -- The Fourier transform and African applications - Mathematical tiling/tessellation and African applications -- Bifurcations and African applications -- Fractals -- African-centered automated generation of metadata -- General conclusion: access to mathematics versus access to the language of power: lessons from the struggle in South African multilingual mathematics classrooms.
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| Abstract
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This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods, ...--P. [4] of cover.
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Ethnomathematics-- Africa.
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Mathematics-- Africa-- History.
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Mathematics, Ancient-- Africa.
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Symbolism of numbers.
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GN476.15.B36 2012
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