Re: Teaching Number Sense
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:16 pm
Caleb Everett, whose parents were also Bible translation missionaries in the same area of Brazil where we worked, has been researching this from a linguistic point of view.
Here is an article in Newsweek:
http://www.newsweek.com/anumerism-langu ... ers-591823
The original of this article is more extensive:
https://theconversation.com/anumeric-pe ... bers-75828
(It is my understanding that he has unfortunately followed his father in rejecting the truth of the Scripture and the witness of the created world around us, and is currently an atheist. But his observations in this article may help in understanding some of the difficulties in teaching number systems. His mother is still working there in the village, representing the truth of the gospel. This tribe has had contact with the gospel for many years. In fact, the first Wycliffe missionaries there were friends & classmates of my parents, who are now in their middle 80's.)
Here is an article in Newsweek:
http://www.newsweek.com/anumerism-langu ... ers-591823
The original of this article is more extensive:
https://theconversation.com/anumeric-pe ... bers-75828
(It is my understanding that he has unfortunately followed his father in rejecting the truth of the Scripture and the witness of the created world around us, and is currently an atheist. But his observations in this article may help in understanding some of the difficulties in teaching number systems. His mother is still working there in the village, representing the truth of the gospel. This tribe has had contact with the gospel for many years. In fact, the first Wycliffe missionaries there were friends & classmates of my parents, who are now in their middle 80's.)