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The Science of Teaching Mathematics

Selected Works
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African and Multicultural Mathematics,
Mathematics Education, etc.

Chronological List

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    Index

    Books

  1. Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture
    Boston: Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, 1973.
    The original and still classic book on African cultural mathematics: number words, geometrical forms, applications of numbers, hand gestures, games, and more. Hardcover edition is out of print.
    Extended review by R.W. Wilder in Historia Mathematica, Vol. 2 (1975), pp. 207-210.
  2. Preparing Young Children for Math: A Book of Games
    New York: Schocken, 1979.
    For adults. Out of print.
    • Revised paperback edition.
      New York: Schocken, 1986.
      Out of print.
  3. Count On Your Fingers African Style
    Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
    New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980.
    Some varieties of African hand and finger gestures for numbers. A book for children. National Council of Christians and Jews citation. Notable Social Studies Book (National Council for Social Studies, 1980). Outstanding Science Book (National Science Teachers Association, 1980). Honor book for the 1981 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award of the American Library Association.
    Count On Your Fingers African Style (revised edition)
    Illustrated by Wangechi Mutu.
    [New York]: Black Butterfly Books (division of Writers and Readers Publishing), 1999. Distributed by Publishers Group West.
  4. Tic Tac Toe: and other three-in-a-row games from ancient Egypt to the modern computer
    Illustrated by Anthony Kramer.
    New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1982.
    For children. Several of the games are African. Out of print.
  5. Zero: Is It Something? Is It Nothing?
    Illustrated by Jeni Bassett.
    New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.
    For children. Out of print.
  6. Multicultural Mathematics: Interdisciplinary Cooperative-Learning Activities
    Portland, Me.: J. Weston Walch, 1993.
    Activities for middle school (grades 5 and up). With teaching guide.
  7. Multicultural Math: Hands-On Math Activities from Around the World
    New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1994.
    Series: Instructor Books.
    Activities for grades 3-6. Out of print. Click for description.
  8. Fear of Math: How to Get Over It and Get On with Your Life
    New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
    For adults. Many anecdotes drawn both from personal contacts and a survey of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and various ethnicities and colors. Examples of the use and misuse of math in everyday life. And more.
  9. The Multicultural Math Classroom: Bringing in the World
    Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1996.
    For teachers of grades 1-8. Click for publisher's catalog and book description; Spanish description.
  10. Math Games and Activities from Around the World
    Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1998.
    (Web ordering information from the Independent Publishers Group.)
    For children ages 8 and up.
  11. Number Sense and Nonsense: Building Math Creativity and Confidence Through Number Play
    Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2001.
    (Web ordering information from the Independent Publishers Group.)
    For children ages 8-12.
  12. More Math Games and Activities from Around the World
    Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2003.
    (Web ordering information from the Independent Publishers Group.)
    (Telephone orders from the Independent Publishers Group: (800) 888-4741.)
    For children ages 9 and up.

    Articles

  13. Black African traditional mathematics
    Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 63 (April, 1970), pp. 345-356.
    • Reprinted in:
      The Realm of Science series.
  14. Mathematics of the Yoruba people and of their neighbors in southern Nigeria
    Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 1 (Fall, 1970), pp. 76-99.
  15. Mathematics in the study of African culture
    Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 20 (Nov., 1973), pp. 532-535.
  16. What is math for?
    Urban Review, Vol. 8 (Fall, 1975), pp. 232-240.
    Raises many of the questions that are under discussion today, such as equity in mathematics education, curriculum that is relevant to the students, and the role of ``New Math'' in both the United States and developing countries (e.g., Nigeria).
  17. African network patterns
    Mathematics Teaching, No. 73 (Dec., 1975), pp. 12-13.
  18. The Afro-American mathematical heritage
    Outlook, Vol. 20 (Summer, 1976), pp. 3-8.
  19. African stone game
    Teacher, Vol. 94 (Oct., 1976), pp. 110-112.
  20. African numbers
    Teacher, Vol. 94 (Nov., 1976), pp. 91-96.
  21. Math: rote vs. experience
    Notes from the Workshop Center for Open Education (School of Education, City College of CUNY), Vol. 5 (Fall, 1976), pp. 21-28.
  22. African patterns
    Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 70 (May, 1977), p. 386.
  23. It's OK to count on your fingers
    Teacher, Vol. 96, No. 6 (Feb., 1979), pp. 54-56.
    • Excerpts reprinted in:
      Education Digest (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Vol. 44, No. 8 (April, 1979), pp. 57-59.
  24. Teacher education: Mathematics in other cultures
    Historia Mathematica, Vol. 6 (May, 1979), pp. 189-194.
  25. An early start in math
    Teacher, Vol. 97, No. 3 (Nov.-Dec., 1979), pp. 123-124.
  26. Symmetry and other mathematical concepts in African life
    Pp. 82-95 in:
    Applications in School Mathematics (1979 Yearbook)
    edited by Sidney Sharron et al.
    Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1979.
  27. Mathematics education: The fraud of `Back to Basics' and the socialist counterexample
    Science and Nature, No. 4 (1981), pp. 15-27.
  28. As important as reading: Math education
    Cuba Times, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1981), pp. 17--22.
  29. The shape of a symbol/The symbolism of a shape
    Teacher, Vol. 98 (Feb., 1981), pp. 36-43.
  30. Networks -- New York subways, a piece of string, and African traditions
    Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Oct., 1981), pp. 42-47.
    • Reprinted in:
      Activities for Junior High School and Middle School Mathematics, Vol. 2.
      Compiled by Kenneth E. Easterday, F. Morgan Simpson, and Tommy Smith.
      Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1999.
  31. Three-in-a-row games
    Instructor, Vol. 92 (April, 1983), p. 120.
  32. Are the Russians ahead in Math Ed?
    New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1984), pp. 89-92.
  33. Bringing the world into the math class
    Curriculum Review, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jan.-Feb., 1985), pp. 62-65.
    • Reprinted, pp. 76-78, in:
      Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice
      Milwaukee, Wisc.: Rethinking Schools, Ltd., 1994.
  34. Learning about the Soviet Union
    Selection 14, pp. 68-73, in:
    Educating for Global Responsibility: Teacher-Designed Curricula for Peace Education, K-12,
    edited by Betty Reardon.
    New York and London: Teachers College Press, 1988.
  35. How do we spend our money?
    Selection 15, pp. 74-79, in:
    Educating for Global Responsibility: Teacher-Designed Curricula for Peace Education, K-12,
    edited by Betty Reardon.
    New York and London: Teachers College Press, 1988.
    About the military budget.
  36. People who live in round houses
    The Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Sept., 1989), pp. 18-21.
    Spanish description.
  37. Who invented COBOL?
    AWM Newsletter [Association for Women in Mathematics], Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb., 1989), pp. 3-5.
    • Reprinted in:
      WME Newsletter [Women in Mathematics Education], Vol. 14, No. 2 (Winter, 1992), pp. 2, 8-9.
  38. Integrating mathematics with the study of cultural traditions
    Pp. 14-15 in:
    Mathematics, Education, and Society
    edited by Christine Keitel et al.
    Proceedings of the Fifth Day Special Programme at the Sixth International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-6), Budapest, 1988.
    Paris: UNESCO, 1989.
    Talk presented at the opening session of the Fifth Day.
  39. Will technology come first in mathematics education?
    Pp. 315-318 in:
    The Mathematics Curriculum: Towards the Year 2000
    edited by J. Malone, H. Burkhardt, and C. Keitel.
    Perth, Western Australia: Curtin University of Technology, 1989.
    Proceedings of the panel at ICME-6, Budapest, 1988.
  40. Symmetry in American folk art
    Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Sept., 1990), pp. 6-12.
  41. Effects of race and class on mathematics education in the United States
    Pp. 256-263 in:
    Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education: Action and Critique
    edited by Richard Noss et al.
    Proceedings of the First International Conference, London, 1990.
    London: University of London, 1990.
  42. Multicultural mathematics education for the middle grades
    Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 38, No. 6 (Feb., 1991), pp. 8-13.
  43. World cultures in the mathematics class
    For the Learning of Mathematics, Vol. 11, No. 2 (June, 1991), pp. 8-13.
    Talk at the International Conference on History in Mathematics Education, Leicester, U.K., 1990.
    • Reprinted as Chapter 15, pp. 307-320, in:
      Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education
      edited by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein.
      Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1997.
  44. Women as the first mathematicians
    WME Newsletter [Newletter of Women in Mathematics Education], Vol. 14, No. 1 (Fall, 1991), p. 4.
    According to the author, this article should not be taken literally! It is intended to provoke thought about the role of women in cultural development.

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Mathematics is a wonderful subject. It should be taught in an interesting way to our students so that they will be stimulated to learn more and more about it .The intuitive speculative mind is to be developed by the educator.If you have any comments or suggestions you can email me at csimpson@vsl.net