Open AccessThe Ethnomathematics of Calculating Auspicious Days in Javanese Society as Mathematics Learning
Author(s) -
Aritsya Imswatama,
David Setiadi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
southeast asian mathematics education journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-8546
pISSN - 2089-4716
DOI - 10.46517/seamej.v7i2.53
Subject(s) - ethnomathematics , mathematics education , process (computing) , subject (documents) , qualitative research , mathematics , sociology , social science , computer science , library science , operating system
The purpose of this ethnomatematics research is to describe the process of calculating auspicious days for Javanese wedding in Purworejo. This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach which used interviews to collect the data. The subject of this research was an individual who implemented the process of calculating auspicious days in Javanese society. The results show that the process of calculating auspicious days for Javanese wedding in Purworejo was an activity that could be possibly used as mathematics learning.