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Listening to What People Have to Say About Mathematics: Primary Mathematics and the Thoughts of One Murri Student

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Peter Howard
Peter Howard*
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Australian Catholic University
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of a study undertaken in North West New South Wales which investigated the views held by parents, students and teachers towards the learning of mathematics in Years 5 and 6. The study involved Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people being interviewed within their community. This paper presents a background to the study, some comment on how the study was implemented and an initial analysis of the views held by one Murri student.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press or the authors 1995

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