Math Cleverly Disguised As/With String: Overlapping Math Instantiations in Weaving

Naomi Thompson
2020 International Conference of the Learning Sciences  
One way to address disparities in math education is to leverage multiple understandings of mathematics (epistemological pluralism: Turkle & Papert, 1990) to design educational contexts. Weaving is deeply mathematical, yet weavers perceptions of this are not fully known. Interviews with weavers seek: How do experienced weavers characterize the relationships between weaving and mathematics? Findings suggest weavers use math in overlapping instantiations involving arithmetic, shape, and pattern.
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