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 ETHNOMATHEMATICAL LESSONS
FOR
PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGH SCHOOLS

by
MATHEMATICS STUDENTS
OF

THE UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA - GOROKA CAMPUS

1993
Supervisor and Editor
Raymond A. Zepp
Department of Mathematics Education
UPNG - Goroka Campus

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction  
Lesson 1: Counting to Ten in Three Counting Systems
Eileen Kassman, Gabriel Ninkama, Ishmael Nombe
Lesson 2: The Measuring System of Enga Society
Paeo Kare, Nimba Waringi
Lesson 3: The Traditional Counting System in the Enga Language
Thomas Leme, John Jikap
Lesson 4: Measuring Time in Simbu Province
Lucy Aewai, Nabe Jack, Ula Waugla
Lesson 5: Patterns Using Congruent Shapes
Agnes Kalos, Ishmael Kunias, Margaret Norman, Solomon Titus Yuss
Lesson 6: Counting Systems in Three Provinces
Joyce Amo, Thomas Podarua, Angela Polikran
Lesson 7: Traditional Mathematics in the Bogia and Buin Languages: Volumes, Capacities, and Quantities
Alphonse Alings, Hazel Shabre, Joyce Franklyn Ikai
Lesson 8: Telling Time
Dominic Raimbas, Joseph Kopeak, Livinai Damaia
Lesson 9: Geometric Shapes and Patterns in Three Regions
Steven Hariec, Caspar Kona, Agasten Tabi
Lesson 10: Ratio and Proportion: Barter of Sago for Fish in Tau Language, a dialect of Kwanga, West Sepik,
Tom Kaviambu, Antonia Kachau, Patrick Nembeli
Lesson 11: Multiplication by 10 and 100 in the Tari Region
Joan Fiyawa, Michael Warako, Winis Yupi
Lesson 12: Traditional Measurement
Pauline Anea, Ursula Miria, Eldy Ricky
Conclusion
 

 

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