alleryWho introduced the term ethnomathematics in 1977?
AUbiratan D'Ambrosio
BPaulus Gerdes
CAlan J. Bishop
DClaudia Zaslavsky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
1. The term was put forward in 1977 at a talk to a US science association.
2. It came from the Brazilian educator and mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio.
3. Gerdes, Bishop and Zaslavsky wrote on the subject later, but did not coin the term.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, section Development and meaning_
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