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Using a Cognitive-Scientific Inflected Anthropological Approach to Researching the Teaching and Learning of Elementary School Mathematics: An Instance of the Use of Aggregates
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Davis, Zain – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
Anthropological approaches to studying the contextual specificity of mathematical thought and practice in schools can productively inform descriptions and analyses of mathematical practices within and across different teaching and learning contexts. In this paper I argue for an anthropological methodological orientation that takes into…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods