History of Number Evidence from Papua New Guinea and Oceania /

This unique volume presents an ecocultural and embodied perspective on understanding numbers and their history in indigenous communities. The book focuses on research done in Papua New Guinea, and will help educators understand humanity's use of numbers, and their development and change. The a...

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Hlavní autor: Owens, Kay (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:History of Mathematics Education,
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Mathematics-Study and teaching .
Mathematics.
History.
ISBN:9783319454832
ISSN:2509-9736
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Obsah:
  • An Overview of the Studies, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, Languages and Migrations
  • The Languages Studied by Lean and his Analysis of Counting Systems
  • 2-Cycle Systems Including Some Digit Tally Systems
  • Body-Part Tally Systems
  • 5-Cycle Systems
  • 10-Cycle Systems
  • 4- and 6-Cycle Systems
  • Number and Counting in Context Including Classifications
  • Testing the Diffusion Theory
  • Towards a Prehistory of Number
  • Indigenous and Western Knowledge
  • Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Formal Learning Environments
  • Rewriting the History of Number from Papua New Guinea and Oceania Evidence.

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