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African mathematics [electronic resource] : from bones to computers / Abdul Karim Bangura

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Bangura, Abdul Karim, 1953-
Published
Lanham : University Press of America, Inc., [2012]
Physical Description
v, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents
General introduction -- Beginnings : mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and African applications -- Vector calculus and African applications -- The Fourier transform and African applications -- Mathematical tiling/tessellation and African applications -- Bifurcations and African applications -- Fractals -- African-centered automated generation of metadata -- General conclusion: Access to mathematics versus access to the language of power : lessons from the struggle in South African multilingual mathematics classrooms.
Summary
"This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods"--Page 4 of cover.
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ISBN
9780761853480 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0761853480 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780761853497 (eISBN)
0761853499 (eISBN)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220).
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