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Students will learn aspects of mathematical modeling used to uncover mathematics as used in non-school contexts, a basic premise to ethnomathematics is that the mathematics found in other traditions is strongly influenced by, indeed reflects, a given individual's cultural heritage and world view. Students examine alternative mathematical thought practices of other, mainly nonwestern cultures; consider how mathematical topics that include cultural connections to numbering and systems of organization, geometry and perceptions of time and space.
Units: 3.0