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Díez-Palomar, Javier – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
In this paper, dialogue among a group of adult women with basic adult education is examined. Women read books of mathematics in the context of a "dialogic mathematics gathering" (DMG). There is limited evidence in research on how adults develop their 'numerical understanding'. The objective of this study is to analyze how adults engage…
Descriptors: Females, Critical Thinking, Adult Basic Education, Numeracy
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Everett, Caleb; Madora, Keren – Cognitive Science, 2012
Recent research has suggested that the Piraha, an Amazonian tribe with a number-less language, are able to match quantities greater than 3 if the matching task does not require recall or spatial transposition. This finding contravenes previous work among the Piraha. In this study, we re-tested the Pirahas' performance in the crucial one-to-one…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Number Concepts, Number Systems, Numeracy