The role of culture and ecology in visuospatial reasoning: The power of ethnomathematics

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Abstract

This paper indicates that many Indigenous students come from communities that make considerable use of visuospatial reasoning and that by enhancing this important mathematical skill, students may perform better in mathematics.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICME-13
Place of PublicationHamburg, Germany
PublisherICMI
Number of pages4
VolumeTSG 35
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventInternational Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME) - Hamburg, Germany, Germany
Duration: 24 Jul 201631 Jul 2016

Conference

ConferenceInternational Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME)
Country/TerritoryGermany
Period24/07/1631/07/16

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