STEM lecture examines how numbers add value to culture
Daniel Orey, Sacramento State professor of multicultural and mathematics education, will explain how mathematics is fun and entertaining at the next Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) lecture 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 28, in the University Union’s Redwood Room.
Orey is an expert on ethnomathematics, an area of mathematics that uses aspects of mathematical modeling to study the relationship between mathematics and culture.
During the lecture, Orey will share examples of cultural and mathematical practices he has come across in his travels around the world.
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Sacramento State’s Mike Ward can be reached at mward@csus.edu
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