I. Scenario 2
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This is a prototype for culturally responsive elementary school mathematics. This Chicano interactive mural is comprised of a series of scenes designed to teach mathematics while students utilize, study, and experience the Mexica calendar system. This is a learning tool designed for teaching mathematical ratios, periodicity, and number theory. The goal of this design is to meet the epistemological and ontological requirements for culturally responsive learning specific to Chicanos. This also offers non-indigenous students the opportunity to partake in indigenous cultural experiences for learning. These experiences include resolanas, mariachi music, indigenous vocabulary, history, astronomy, storytelling, observations, and Mexica cosmology. The intention behind this design is to couple indigenous mathematics with standard math curricula for elementary schooling. This system features digital media learning that affords face-to-face interaction by multiple collocated participants situated in a circle. In an exercise to embody the expression of a given ratio, students have an opportunity to collaborate with each other in scenario 4 to physically express a given ratio between two spinning wheels.
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