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ERIC Number: EJ622088
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836
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Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Lipka, Jerry; Wildfeuer, Sandra; Wahlberg, Nastasia; George, Mary; Ezran, Dafna R.
Teaching Children Mathematics, v7 n6 p337-43 Feb 2001
Introduces elastic geometry, or topology, into the elementary classroom through the study of connecting the intuitive, visual, and spatial components of storyknifing as well as other everyday and ethnomathematical activities. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Experiential Learning, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Multicultural Education, Topology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Focus issue: Mathematics and Culture.