Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures

By M. Ascher. 2002

88 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Culturally Situated Design Tools: Ethnocomputing from Field Site to Classroom (2006, background): “…revealed sophisticated mathematical concepts and practices in the activities and artifacts of many indigenous and vernacular cultures (e.g., see Ascher 1990, 2002; Closs 1986; Crump 1990; D’Ambrosio 1990; Eglash 1999; Gerdes 1991; Urton 1997; and Zaslavsky 1973; for a theoretical overview, see…”
Beyond Gap Gazing: How Can Thinking About Education Comprehensively Help Us (Re)envision Mathematics Education? (2010, unknown): “In fact, programs of research in ethnomathematics, social justice mathematics, and out-of-school mathematics bring us a step in the direction of challenging school-centered mathematics knowledge (Ascher 2002; D’Ambrosio 2006; Frankenstein and Powell 1994; Miranda 2008; Nasir 2000; Nasir et al. 2008;”