Case studies of mathematical thinking about area in Papua New Guinea

Kay Owens; Kaleva Kaleva

Case studies of mathematical thinking about area in Papua New Guinea

Kay Owens, Kaleva Kaleva

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This paper is a distillation of part of the ground-breaking systematic recording of measurement data from many Indigenous communities of Papua New Guinea. It focuses on area thinking and measurement. Implications for teaching measurement and making the implicit knowledge of students explicit are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PME32-NA30 Joint Meeting
Subtitle of host publication	Mathematical ideas: History, Education and Cognition
Editors	O. Figueras, J.L. Cortina, S. Alatorre, T. Rojano
Place of Publication	Morelia, Mexico
Publisher	PME and PME-NA Organising Committee
Pages	73-80
Number of pages	8
Volume	4
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - Morelia, Mexico Duration: 17 Jul 2008 → 21 Jul 2008

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Conference	Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Period	17/07/08 → 21/07/08

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Owens, K & Kaleva, K 2008, Case studies of mathematical thinking about area in Papua New Guinea. in O Figueras, JL Cortina, S Alatorre & T Rojano (eds), PME32-NA30 Joint Meeting: Mathematical ideas: History, Education and Cognition. vol. 4, PME and PME-NA Organising Committee, Morelia, Mexico, pp. 73-80, Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 17/07/08.

Case studies of mathematical thinking about area in Papua New Guinea. / Owens, Kay; Kaleva, Kaleva.
PME32-NA30 Joint Meeting: Mathematical ideas: History, Education and Cognition. ed. / O. Figueras; J.L. Cortina; S. Alatorre; T. Rojano. Vol. 4 Morelia, Mexico: PME and PME-NA Organising Committee, 2008. p. 73-80.

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