Taking an Internet Field Trip: Promoting Cultural and Historical Diversity through Mayan Mathematics.

Furner, Joseph; Holbein, Marie F. Doan; Scullion, Karin Jackson

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ERIC Number: EJ618521

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Taking an Internet Field Trip: Promoting Cultural and Historical Diversity through Mayan Mathematics.

Furner, Joseph; Holbein, Marie F. Doan; Scullion, Karin Jackson

TechTrends, v44 n6 p18-22 Nov 2000

Introduces Internet field trips as a means of instruction for diverse student populations; explores the Mayan mathematics system in an interdisciplinary fourth grade math lesson; suggests strategies for students with limited English proficiency base on TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages); and includes a sample lesson plan. (Contains 15 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Diversity (Student), Elementary School Mathematics, English (Second Language), Field Trips, Grade 4, Instructional Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Internet, Lesson Plans, Limited English Speaking, Mathematics Instruction, Maya (People)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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