Links to critiques of multiculturalism in mathematics instruction

Ethnomathematics (Diane Ravitch)

Response to Ravitch (William Collins)

A Comparative Study of Ethnomathematics (Spencer Orey)

How to tell the difference between multicultural mathematics and ethnomathematics (Ron Eglash)

Multicultural Mathematics: An Ethnomathematics Critique (Ron Eglash)

Good-Bye Pythagoras? 'Ethnomathematics' embraces non-European methods of math; critics fear a decline in rigor  (Elizabeth Greene)

Senator Byrd's speech

Critique of "Rainforest Math" (Marianne M. Jennings)

Critique of "MTV Math" (Marianne M. Jennings)

"A universal symbol" (Arturo Sangalli)

"Mathematically Correct"
 
 

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