Developing an alternative learning trajectory for rational number reasoning, geometry, and measuring based on indigenous knowledge

Jerry Lipka

Monica Wong

Dora Andrew-Ihrke

Evelyn Yanez

pp. 159-182

in: Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Wolff-Michael Roth (eds), Alternative forms of knowing (in) mathematics, Rotterdam, SensePublishers, 2012

Abstract

Math in a Cultural Context (MCC)² is a long-term curriculum and professional development project based on indigenous knowledge (IK) in Alaska. Collaborating with Yup"ik elders and teachers for approximately two decades, MCC has identified a powerful set of mathematical processes used in constructing everyday artifacts.