Seeding Ethnomathematics with 'Oware': Sankofa.

Powell, Arthur B.; Temple, Oshon L.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Seeding Ethnomathematics with 'Oware': Sankofa.

Powell, Arthur B.; Temple, Oshon L.

Teaching Children Mathematics, v7 n6 p369-75 Feb 2001

Explains the game of Oware, an African board game that provides rich opportunities for all children to build and extend arithmetical ideas and number sense, develop strategic thinking, and explore important social behaviors. (Contains 22 references.) (ASK)

Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Multicultural Education, Number Concepts, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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