The Algorithm Collection Project: The Book

An Exploration of the Ethnomathematics of Basic Number Sense Acquisition Across Cultures

Daniel Clark Orey

What Follows here is a Book Outline currently under construction thanks to

a CSUS Mini Grant and PME Seed Money

(updated 3.17.2003)

 

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction by Milton Rosa (i-ii)

Chapter 1:  The Ethnomathematics of Computation

Chapter 2:  Ethnomathematics and the Concept of Literacy

Section 1:             The Ethnomathematics of Latin American Algorithms

Chapter 3:  Collected  Mexican Algorithms

Chapter 4:  A Selection of Algorithms from Central America

Chapter 5:  A Selection of Algorithms from South America

Chapter 6:  Collected Brazilian Algorithms

Section 2:            The Ethnomathematics of Algorithms from Asia

Chapter 7 Collected Algorithms from Vietnam

Chapter 8:  Collected Algorithms from Iran

Chapter 9:  Collected  Algorithms from Korea

Chapter 10:  Collected Algorithms from China

Chapter 11:  Some Collected Algorithms from India

Section 3:            The Ethnomathematics of Algorithms from the Former Soviet Union

Chapter 12:  Collected Algorithms from Russia; Kyrgyzstan; and Ukraine

Section 4:            The Ethnomathematics of Diverse Algorithms

                                            Chapter 13:  Making your own algorithm collection

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