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Zaslavsky, Claudia – Teacher, 1979
In presenting a rationale for allowing--even encouraging--children to count on their fingers, the author illustrates finger counting systems from African and American Indian tribes and the medieval European system cataloged by the Venerable Bede. She cites number words from many languages which derive from names for gestures. (SJL)
Descriptors: African Culture, American Indian Culture, Arithmetic, Computation
