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dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Chris
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Tom J
dc.contributor.authorBaturo, Annette R
dc.contributor.editorWoo, JH
dc.contributor.editorLew, HC
dc.contributor.editorPark, KS
dc.contributor.editorSeo, DY
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:35:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:35:44Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2008-11-06T23:03:28Z
dc.identifier.issn0771-100X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/17679
dc.description.abstractBecause mathematics education devalues Indigenous culture, Indigenous students continue to be the most mathematically disadvantaged group in Australia. Conventional wisdom with regard to Indigenous mathematics education is to utilise practical and visual teaching methods, yet the power of mathematics and the opportunities it brings for advancement lie in symbolic understanding. This paper reports on a Maths as Story Telling (MAST) teaching approach to assist Indigenous students understand algebra through creating and manipulating their own symbols for equations. It discusses effective Indigenous mathematics teaching, describes the MAST approach, analyses it in terms of Ernest's (2005) semiotic processes, discusses its applications, and draws implications for Indigenous mathematics learning.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent286826 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPME
dc.publisher.placeSeoul
dc.publisher.urihttp://igpme.org/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename31st Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematic-Education
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitlePME 31: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31ST CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, VOL 3
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2007-07-08
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2007-07-13
dc.relation.ispartoflocationSeoul, SOUTH KOREA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom249
dc.relation.ispartofpageto+
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330202
dc.titleCreating your own Symbols: Beginning Algebraic thinking with Indigenous Students
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2007. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2007
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gro.griffith.authorMatthews, Christopher J.


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