Indigenous Papua New Guinea knowledges related to volume and mass

Kay Owens; Wilfred Kaleva

Indigenous Papua New Guinea knowledges related to volume and mass

Kay Owens, Wilfred 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 thinking during mathematical activities that relate to volume and mass. Implications for teaching measurement and making the implicit knowledge of students explicit are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICME-11
Editors	R. Silverman, M. Cherinda
Place of Publication	Monterray, Mexico
Publisher	ICMI
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME) - Monterray, Mexico Duration: 06 Jul 2008 → 13 Jul 2008

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Conference	International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME)
Period	06/07/08 → 13/07/08

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