Mathematics Success and Failure Among African-American Youth - The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forces, School Influence, and Individual Agency

Brings together theory & methods from cultural & cog. perspectives to examine forces contributing to why a dispropriate no. of African-Amer. students don't reach their potential in math & are then underrepresented in professions requiring math skills.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction. Mathematics Learning, Achievement, and Persistence Among African Americans: Toward a Context-Based Perspective. "I Wasn't Going to Be Doing Any Math": Mathematics Socialization, Identity, and the Evolution of Community Beliefs About Mathematics. "When Am I Ever Going to Use This?": School-Level Factors and Mathematics Socialization Among African-American Students. "Because I Want to Be Somebody": African-American Student Narratives on Academic and Mathematics Success. Mathematics Socialization and Identity Among African Americans: Real Life Experiences, Research, and Recommendations.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Danny Bernard Martin

Zusammenfassung

Brings together theory & methods from cultural & cog. perspectives to examine forces contributing to why a dispropriate no. of African-Amer. students don't reach their potential in math & are then underrepresented in professions requiring math skills.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Danny Bernard Martin, Martin Danny Bernard
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9780805830422
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3042-2
• Seiten: 224
• Gewicht: 570 g
• Serie: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; USA, Ethnic Studies, MATHEMATICS / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Mathematics, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General