African mathematics : from bones to computers / Mamokgethi Setati, Abdul Karim Bangura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Setati, Mamokgethi.

Contributor:

Bangura, Abdul.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Government policy--Africa.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Africa.

Mathematics--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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, and more.

Contents:

Contents; Chapter 01. General Introduction; Chapter 02. Beginnings: Mathematics of Bones; Chapter 03. Geometry South of the Sahara; Chapter 04. Numbers; Chapter 05. Beginnings of Written Mathematics: Egypt; Chapter 06. The Maghrebian Tradition; Chapter 07. Combinatorics and African Applications; Chapter 08. Vector Calculus and African Applications; Chapter 09. The Fourier Transform and African Applications; Chapter 10. Mathematical Tiling/Tessellation and African Applications; Chapter 11. Bifurcations and African Applications; Chapter 12. Fractals

Chapter 13. African-centered Automated Generation of MetadataChapter 14. General Conclusion: Access to Mathematics versus Access to the Language of Power: Lessons from the Struggle in South African Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7618-7530-1

1-282-92216-5

9786612922169

0-7618-5349-9

OCLC:

704284059