Celebrating Culture through Mathematics

Faculty, Students, and Alumni

Wake Forest University Department of Education

North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting

Greensboro, NC

October 2006

       1.          Navajo Codes in World War II  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Adkisson

     2.          Geometry, Pi, and Ancient Civilizations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alisa Mook

     3.          Geometry, Islamic Art and Culture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Katie Simpler

     4.          The Ishango Bone:  Mathematics in Ancient Africa . . . . . . . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . . . Justin Allman

     5.          International Cribs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  John Troutman

     6.          Conic Characters   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Troutman

     7.          Teaching Probability with Nigerian Influences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jenny Kropff

     8.          Proportions and Swedish History   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Sarah Greer

     9.          Math and Latin Music    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Amanda Barnes

   10.          Patchwork Quilts and Native American Culture   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah McCoy

 

http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/culture/

 

Questions or comments:.  

Dr. Leah McCoy
Department of Education
Wake Forest University