Log in to save to my catalogue

Gold Medallions: The Arithmetic Calculations of an Illiterate

Gold Medallions: The Arithmetic Calculations of an Illiterate

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61081284

Gold Medallions: The Arithmetic Calculations of an Illiterate

About this item

Full title

Gold Medallions: The Arithmetic Calculations of an Illiterate

Author / Creator

Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Anthropology & education quarterly, 1984-04, Vol.15 (1), p.38-50

Language

English

Formats

Publication information

Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Editor Singleton provided the following introduction for this article in its original printing: One of the skills usually associated with literacy is that of arithmetic computation. We are tempted to assume, therefore, that illiterate people are necessarily incapable of computations that we perform symbolically with arithmetic notation. This study...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Gold Medallions: The Arithmetic Calculations of an Illiterate

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61081284

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61081284

Other Identifiers

ISSN

0161-7761

E-ISSN

1548-1492

DOI

10.1525/aeq.1984.15.1.05x1471o

How to access this item