Danny Bernard Martin

Mathematics Success and Failure Among African-American Youth (eBook, ePUB)

The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forces, School Influence, and Individual Agency

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. br

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135676216
• Artikelnr.: 38265945

Autorenporträt

Danny Bernard Martin

Inhaltsangabe

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.