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ERIC Number: EJ622085
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836
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Developing Number Sense: What Can Other Cultures Tell Us?
Zaslavsky, Claudia
Teaching Children Mathematics, v7 n6 p312-19 Feb 2001
Presents ways to introduce number systems from finger counting to number words, to concrete materials, to the numerals invented by various societies to enhance students' number sense by learning about the systems of other cultures. (Contains 13 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Focus issue: Mathematics and Culture.